English

Pronunciation
a|UK IPA|/�w�t�l/, SAMPA|/"wQt@l/
a|US AHD|wätʹ�l, IPA|/�w�t�l/, SAMPA|/"wQt@l/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�t�l|-�t�l

Homophones
what'll (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun
en-noun

1. A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof
2. A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards
3. A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat
4. Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person
5. Any of several Australian trees of the Genus Acacia

Derived terms
wattle and daub

Translations
trans-top|construction of branches and twigs
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trans-top|fold of skin hanging from the neck of birds
Finnish: heltta
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trans-top|fleshy appendage on the neck of goat
Finnish: heltta
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trans-top|loose hanging skin
Finnish: heltta
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trans-top|Australian acacia
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Verb
en-verb|wattl|ing

1. transitive To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles

Category:English homophones

fa:wattle
fr:wattle
io:wattle
it:wattle
te:wattle
vi:wattle
zh:wattle

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