acorn
noun
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
acorns
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pluralof acorn.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One thing LLMs are great at is rapidly finding little acorns within huge blocks of text.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
She described a Concord hotel as serving “Walden water, aesthetic tea” and “Orphic acorns by the peck,” and offering telescopes for “the gifted eyes which desire to watch the songs of the oversoul.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“We have to make our own from anything with tannin — oak galls, acorns or black walnuts — and let it sit to dye it black.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
Although rising temperatures have led to more frequent bumper crops of acorns, the nuts still produce good and bad harvests every two to five years as part of their normal crop cycle.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025
In the aftermath of the attack she wandered the forest for three days, chewing acorns, until a wagon train discovered her.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
