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ALL meanings of wattle

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  • noun wattle Often, wattles. a number of rods or stakes interwoven with twigs or tree branches for making fences, walls, etc. 1
  • noun wattle wattles, a number of poles laid on a roof to hold thatch. 1
  • noun wattle (in Australia) any of various acacias whose shoots and branches were used by the early colonists for wattles, now valued especially for their bark, which is used in tanning. 1
  • noun wattle a fleshy lobe or appendage hanging down from the throat or chin of certain birds, as the domestic chicken or turkey. 1
  • verb with object wattle to bind, wall, fence, etc., with wattle or wattles. 1
  • verb with object wattle to roof or frame with or as if with wattles. 1
  • verb with object wattle to form into a basketwork; interweave; interlace. 1
  • verb with object wattle to make or construct by interweaving twigs or branches: to wattle a fence. 1
  • adjective wattle built or roofed with wattle or wattles. 1
  • noun wattle A material for making fences, walls, etc., consisting of rods or stakes interlaced with twigs or branches. 1
  • noun wattle turkey's neck skin 1
  • noun wattle material: woven fencing 1
  • noun wattle tree: acacia, mimosa 1
  • noun wattle A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof. 0
  • noun wattle A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. 0
  • noun wattle A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards. 0
  • noun wattle A barbel of a fish. 0
  • noun wattle A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat. 0
  • noun wattle Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person. 0
  • noun wattle Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning. 0
  • verb wattle (Transitive Verb) To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles. 0
  • uncountable noun wattle Wattle is a framework made by weaving thin sticks through thick sticks which is used for making fences and walls. 0
  • noun wattle a frame of rods or stakes interwoven with twigs, branches, etc, esp when used to make fences 0
  • noun wattle the material used in such a construction 0
  • noun wattle a loose fold of skin, often brightly coloured, hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds, lizards, etc 0
  • noun wattle any of various chiefly Australian acacia trees having spikes of small brightly coloured flowers and flexible branches, which were used by early settlers for making fences 0
  • noun wattle a southern African caesalpinaceous tree, Peltophorum africanum, with yellow flowers 0
  • verb wattle to construct from wattle 0
  • verb wattle to bind or frame with wattle 0
  • verb wattle to weave or twist (branches, twigs, etc) into a frame 0
  • adjective wattle made of, formed by, or covered with wattle 0
  • adjective wattle of poor quality 0
  • noun wattle a sort of woven work made of sticks intertwined with twigs or branches, used for walls, fences, and roofs 0
  • noun wattle a stick, rod, twig, or wand 0
  • noun wattle a hurdle or framework made of sticks, rods, etc. 0
  • noun wattle rods or poles used as the support of a thatched roof 0
  • noun wattle any of various acacias: the flexible branches were much used by early settlers for making wattles 0
  • noun wattle a fleshy, wrinkled, often brightly colored piece of skin which hangs from the chin or throat of certain birds, as the turkey, or of some lizards 0
  • noun wattle a barbel of a fish 0
  • noun wattle a fold or pouch of flesh hanging from the neck or lower part of the jaw 0
  • adjective wattle made of or roofed with wattle or wattles 0
  • verb transitive wattle to twist or intertwine (sticks, twigs, branches, etc.) so as to form an interwoven structure or fabric 0
  • verb transitive wattle to construct (a fence) by intertwining sticks or twigs 0
  • verb transitive wattle to build of, or roof, fence, etc. with, wattle 0
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