How to pronounce haw

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What haw means

noun

Most people know haw in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

A small red berry of a thorny hedge tree

In a sentence: In autumn, robins gobbled the haws that hung in bright red bunches on the hedge.

Where it comes from: It comes from the Old English haga, meaning a hedge. The hawthorn, a thorny hedge tree, is named after it.

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