Definition of Wattle
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(n.) A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.
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(n.) A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
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(n.) A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile.
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(n.) Barbel of a fish.
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(n.) The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark.
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(n.) The trees from which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under Savanna.
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(v. t.) To bind with twigs.
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(v. t.) To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches.
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(v. t.) To form, by interweaving or platting twigs.
Antonyms of Wattle
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Homophones of Wattle
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