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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spike |
| Synonyms: | brier, prickle, spine, splint, spur |
| Main Entry: | barb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point |
| Synonyms: | arrow, bristle, dart, prickle, prong, quill, shaft, spike, spur, thistle, thorn |
| Main Entry: | bramble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thorny bush |
| Synonyms: | brier, burr, catch weed, cleaver, furze, goose grass, gorse, hedge, nettle, prick, prickly shrub, shrub, spray, thistle, thistle sage, thorn |
| Main Entry: | bristle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short, prickly hair |
| Synonyms: | barb, feeler, fiber, point, prickle, quill, spine, stubble, thorn, vibrissa, whisker |
| Main Entry: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sharp end, top, end of extension |
| Synonyms: | apex, awn, barb, beak, bill, cape, claw, cusp, dagger, foreland, head, headland, jag, nib, pin point, prick, prickler, promontory, prong, snag, spike, spine, spire, spur, sticker, stiletto, summit, sword, thorn, tine, tip, tooth |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
| Antonyms: | bluntness, dullness |
| Main Entry: | sliver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece, usually of wood or metal |
| Synonyms: | bit, flake, fragment, paring, shaving, shred, slice, slip, snip, snippet, splinter, thorn |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, big problem |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, albatross, anguish, annoyance, bane, blow, bother, burden, calvary, care, complication, cross to bear, crucible, difficulty, distress, drag*, grief, hard time, hardship, hassle*, heartbreak, inconvenience, irritation, load, misery, misfortune, nightmare, nuisance, ordeal, pain, pain in the neck, pest, plague, rigor, severe test, sorrow, suffering, thorn, tribulation, trying time, unhappiness, vexation, vicissitude, visitation, woe, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prickle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tingling |
| Synonyms: | barb, bristle, chill, point, sensation, spiculum, spike, spine, thorn |
| Main Entry: | mucro |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point |
| Synonyms: | acicula, acumination, apex, awn, barb, beak, bill, cape, claw, cusp, dagger, foreland, head, headland, jag, mucronation, nib, pin point, prick, prickler, promontory, prong, snag, spike, spine, spire, spur, sticker, stiletto, summit, sword, thorn, tine, tip, tooth |
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