thorn

IPA: θˈɔrn

(botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant.
Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
(figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a thorn bush.
A place name:
A hamlet in Houghton Regis parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0024).
A village in Maasgouw municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.
An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.
Former name of Whitethorn, Humboldt County, California.

Examples of "thorn" in Sentences

The rose bush was covered in sharp thorns, making it difficult to prune
She winced as she brushed against the thorn on the cactus
Be careful when handling that plant, the thorns are quite prickly
The thorn from the blackberry bush got caught in his finger, causing a small puncture
The thorn of betrayal pierced her heart, leaving a lasting wound