noun
Meaning 1
A song thrush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
throstle
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈθɹɒsəl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɒsəl
noun
Meaning 2
A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
common Old World thrush noted for its song
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: song thrush, mavis, Turdus philomelos
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thrush
noun
Meaning 4
a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spinning machine
History
Etymology
From Middle English throstle, throstel, from Old English þrostle, from Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā, possibly altered from or a diminutive of *þurstaz, related to *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: malvís — song thrush
- Asturian: malvís roxu — song thrush
- Asturian: tordu malvís — song thrush
- Georgian: მგალობელი შაშვი (mgalobeli šašvi) — song thrush
- German: Drossel — song thrush
- Russian: пе́вчий дрозд (pévčij drozd) — song thrush