How to pronounce awn

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What awn means

noun

A stiff bristle at the tip of a grain husk, as on barley

In a sentence: Each head of barley had a long, scratchy awn poking out of it.

Where it comes from: It comes from an Old Norse word for chaff, from a very old root meaning sharp. It is related to edge.

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