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Meaning of thorn cluster | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One of three consonant clusters historically believed by some scholars to have existed in Proto-Indo-European, all of which ended with the IPA sound /θ/ (then often symbolized as þ).
Any of the reconstructed consonant clusters that have replaced the original thorn clusters in modern scholarship, which typically no longer contain the IPA /θ/.

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

thorn forest thorn in someone's side thorn in the flesh thorn tree thorn-apple crystal thorn-tree