Get to know Acorn better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like fruit.
Acorn meaning
- The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
- A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
- See acorn-shell.
Synonyms of Acorn
Using Acorn
- The main meaning on this page is: The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. | A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. | See acorn-shell.
- Useful related words include: fruit.
- In the example corpus, acorn often appears in combinations such as: the acorn, acorn and, for acorn.
Context around Acorn
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Acorn
- In this selection, "acorn" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, upgrades, event, visited, plus, bank and electron stand out and add context to how "acorn" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 an acorn electron with and acen for acorn arrived as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "acorn" sits close to words such as adolescence, antetokounmpo and armament, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with acorn
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Wilson designed Acorn Replay, the video architecture for Acorn machines. (10 words)
Mr Bounds said: "What a lovely morning we had at Acorn Meadow. (12 words)
It says it considers the Acorn scheme to be one of the "leading contenders". (14 words)
Snowdrops at Acorn Bank (Image: National Trust Images/Annapurna Mellor)However, following the success of last year’s event, Acorn Bank will open every weekend in February so visitors can come and see the snowdrop displays at their most brilliant. (40 words)
CPU purchased Orbis, and Hopper's Orbis shares were exchanged for shares in CPU Ltd. CPU's role gradually changed as its Acorn brand grew, and soon CPU was simply the holding company and Acorn was responsible for development work. (40 words)
Acorn Haven Studios, the home studio of area artist Dawna Magliacano, opens its doors to visitors (8265 Lascassas Pk., Hwy 96) and hosts a variety of the area’s best artists sharing creative inspiration with the community. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Popular upgrades Acorn Plus 1 An Acorn Electron with Plus 1 expansion unit attached The Acorn Plus 1 added two ROM cartridge slots, an analogue interface (supporting two channels) and a Centronics parallel port.
Following a six-hour meeting on July 31, Council’s executive committee announced it would be selling the site to Acorn – only for Acorn to drop out 24 hours later.
Snowdrops at Acorn Bank (Image: National Trust Images/Annapurna Mellor)However, following the success of last year’s event, Acorn Bank will open every weekend in February so visitors can come and see the snowdrop displays at their most brilliant.
After Bird's visit to Oracle, Ellison visited Acorn and a deal was reached: Acorn would define the NC Reference Standard.
BBC Micro and the Electron main The BBC micro released by Acorn in 1981 After the Atom had been released into the market, Acorn contemplated building modern 16-bit processors to replace the Atom.
CPU purchased Orbis, and Hopper's Orbis shares were exchanged for shares in CPU Ltd. CPU's role gradually changed as its Acorn brand grew, and soon CPU was simply the holding company and Acorn was responsible for development work.
It was at this time that Acorn Computers Ltd. was incorporated and Curry moved to Acorn full-time.
The Italian computer company took a 49.3% stake in Acorn for £12 million, which went some way to covering Acorn's £11 million losses in the previous six months.
The microcomputer kit was named as Acorn System 75. Acorn was chosen because the microcomputer system was to be expandable and growth-oriented.
Wilson designed Acorn Replay, the video architecture for Acorn machines.
Acorn Haven Studios, the home studio of area artist Dawna Magliacano, opens its doors to visitors (8265 Lascassas Pk., Hwy 96) and hosts a variety of the area’s best artists sharing creative inspiration with the community.
ACORN says it took the action on behalf of residents in Falmouth and Penryn living in LiveWest properties with concrete floors.
ACORN’s downtown chair, Rama Fayaz believes there’s a strategy at work by large corporate landlords.
Alister Veitch, a director at Acorn Bioenergy, said that the site was needed to help “ensure our energy security” and tackle the “climate emergency”.
Blythe said the idea for Akenfield (he took the name from the old English “acen” for acorn) arrived as he tramped the Suffolk fields pondering the anonymity of most farm labourers’ lives.
In “No Time for Nuts,” Scrat continues his journey as he searches for a safe home to keep his acorn.
It says it considers the Acorn scheme to be one of the "leading contenders".
Milton Acorn was born and died on P.E.I., but spent much of his life in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
Mr Bounds said: "What a lovely morning we had at Acorn Meadow.
National property developer Acorn Property Group has agreed terms with housebuilder Redrow to acquire the Grade-II listed campus building, which is the setting for the fictitious Moordale High School in the TV series.
Common combinations with acorn
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the acorn 24×
- acorn and 7×
- for acorn 6×
- and acorn 6×
- of acorn 6×
- an acorn 5×
- acorn to 5×
- at acorn 5×
- acorn bank 4×
- acorn would 4×