Prickle

Quick meaning: Prickle is a noun meaning (botany) A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn".

Meaning

(botany) A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn".

More Meanings

1. A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
2. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
3. A kind of willow basket.
4. (UK, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.
5. (collective) A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.
6. (intransitive) To feel a prickle.
7. (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick.

Example Sentences

Guilt prickled me. It was about to get much worse.

The plants that have prickles are, thorns, black and white, briar, rose, lemon-trees,[…]

If I had but a pottle of Sacke, like a sharp prickle, / To knock my nose against when I am nodding

The prickle is a brown willow basket, in which walnuts are imported into this country from the Continent; they are about thirty inches deep, and in bulk rather larger than a gallon measure; they are used only by the vendors of walnuts.

Word Forms

• prickles
• prickling
• prickled

Synonyms for prickle

Depending on context, synonyms include spine, tingle, thorn.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prick, tingle, spine, thorn, acantha, bur.

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