Synonyms of the word auricle


AURICLEEAR - PINNA - POCKET - POUCH

auricle

  • n. (anatomy) The outer ear or pinna.
  • n. (anatomy) An ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the heart.
  • n. (anatomy) An atrium, the smaller of the two types of chamber in the heart.
  • n. (botany) Any appendage in the shape of an earlobe.

ear

  • n. (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes…
  • n. (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
  • n. (countable, slang) A police informant.
  • n. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones.
  • n. The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
  • n. That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object,…
  • n. (architecture) An acroterium.
  • n. (architecture) A crossette.
  • v. (humorous) To take in with the ears; to hear.
  • n. (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.
  • v. (intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.
  • v. (archaic) To plough.

pinna

  • n. (anatomy) The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding…
  • n. (botany) A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.
  • n. (zoology) A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.

pocket

  • n. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
  • n. Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.
  • n. (sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into…
  • n. An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
  • n. (Australia) An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
  • n. (Australian rules football) The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total…
  • n. (American Football) The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.
  • n. (military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
  • n. (rugby) The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making…
  • n. A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries.
  • n. (architecture) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions,…
  • n. (mining) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained…
  • n. (nautical) A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
  • n. The pouch of an animal.
  • n. (bowling) The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
  • n. A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
  • n. A bight on a lee shore.
  • n. (dentistry) A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the…
  • v. To put (something) into a pocket.
  • v. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete…
  • v. (slang) To take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own.
  • v. (slang) To shoplift, to steal.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To receive (an insult, an affront, etc.) without open resentment, or without seeking…
  • adj. Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
  • adj. Smaller or more compact than usual.
  • adj. (Texas hold'em poker) Referring to the two initial hole cards.

pouch

  • n. A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
  • n. A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
  • n. Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
  • n. (slang, dated, derogatory) A protuberant belly; a paunch.
  • n. A cyst or sac containing fluid.
  • n. (botany) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
  • n. A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.
  • v. (transitive) To enclose within a pouch.
  • v. (transitive) To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.
  • v. (of fowls and fish) To swallow.
  • v. (obsolete) To pout.
  • v. (obsolete) To pocket; to put up with.

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