What does barleycorn mean?
Barleycorn means (agriculture) A grain of barley..
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/ˈbɑː(ɹ)liˌkɔː(ɹ)n/ · noun
(agriculture) A grain of barley..
The Town Mouse came, and they sat down to a dinner of barleycorns and roots, the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavour.
This trip to Italy has actually enlarged the diameter of my head thirteen barleycorns!
Then shewed the devil the booke unto the friar, and the friar saw it was an uncut unique of incalculable value; the height of it was half a cubit and the breadth of it the fourth part of a cubit and the thickness of it five barleycorns lacking the space of three horsehairs.
Use barleycorn when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Barleycorn means (agriculture) A grain of barley..
Common synonyms include barley.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Town Mouse came, and they sat down to a dinner of barleycorns and roots, the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavour.
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