noun
Meaning 1
A grain of barley.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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Standard Lemma guide
barleycorn
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UK: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)liˌkɔː(ɹ)n/
noun
Meaning 2
The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A small groove between two moldings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture, arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking
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noun
Meaning 4
a grain of barley
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barley
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grain, food grain, cereal, caryopsis
Narrower terms: pearl barley
History
Etymology
From barley + corn.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Faroese: byggkorn — grain of barley
- German: Gerstenkorn — grain of barley
- Japanese: バーリーコーン (bārīkōn) — unit of 1⁄3 inch (8 mm)
- Norwegian Bokmål: barleycorn — unit of 1⁄3 inch (8 mm)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: barleycorn — unit of 1⁄3 inch (8 mm)