Acorn

Definitions

1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
2. Acronym of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
   US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3. A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
4. See acorn-shell.
5. The glans penis.
   informal
6. A testicle.
   plural-normally, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“The Romans, likewise, represented the uncouth Priapus—the god of rustic fertility and sexual assault—as comically well endowed, with his acorn showing.”

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