Fiddlehead is an English word with synonyms like fern or osmund. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Fiddlehead meaning
- The scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle.
- A similar scroll-shaped ornament on a ship's bow.
- The furled fronds of a young fern, sometimes harvested for food consumption.
Synonyms of Fiddlehead
Using Fiddlehead
- The main meaning on this page is: The scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle. | A similar scroll-shaped ornament on a ship's bow. | The furled fronds of a young fern, sometimes harvested for food consumption.
- Useful related words include: ostrich fern, flowering fern, osmunda cinnamonea, fiddlehead fern.
- In the example corpus, fiddlehead often appears in combinations such as: the fiddlehead.
Context around Fiddlehead
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fiddlehead
- In this selection, "fiddlehead" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, focus, stage and sculpture stand out and add context to how "fiddlehead" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include check the fiddlehead focus for and fiddlehead s previous. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fiddlehead" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fiddlehead
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Check the Fiddlehead Focus for weather updates with more current information. (11 words)
Fiddlehead sculpture at the Saint John Arts Centre in the city's uptown. (13 words)
When Mainers forage for fiddleheads, they are going after the young ostrich fern while it is in the “fiddlehead” stage with its top curled into a tight spiral. (28 words)
Fiddlehead’s previous two records have been nothing short of fantastic, and clearly a cathartic exercise for singer (and high school history teacher) Pat Flynn as he discusses themes of parental loss, becoming a father, and falling in love. (39 words)
When Mainers forage for fiddleheads, they are going after the young ostrich fern while it is in the “fiddlehead” stage with its top curled into a tight spiral. (28 words)
Fiddlehead sculpture at the Saint John Arts Centre in the city's uptown. (13 words)
Example sentences (4)
Fiddlehead’s previous two records have been nothing short of fantastic, and clearly a cathartic exercise for singer (and high school history teacher) Pat Flynn as he discusses themes of parental loss, becoming a father, and falling in love.
Check the Fiddlehead Focus for weather updates with more current information.
When Mainers forage for fiddleheads, they are going after the young ostrich fern while it is in the “fiddlehead” stage with its top curled into a tight spiral.
Fiddlehead sculpture at the Saint John Arts Centre in the city's uptown.
Common combinations with fiddlehead
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: