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acorn (medicine) and downtown (iou)


acorn (medicine)


acorn


1. <botany> The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

2. A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

Origin: AS. Aecern, fr. Aecer field, acre; akin to D. Aker acorn, Ger. Ecker, Icel. Akarn, Dan. Agern, Goth. Akran fruit, akrs field; orig. Fruit of the field.

Source: Websters Dictionary


downtown (iou)



downtown adverb, adjective, & noun. Chiefly N. Amer. E19.
[from DOWN- + TOWN noun.]
A. adverb. In or into the lower or more central part or the business part of a town or city. E19.
R. Jaffe Let's go downtown to the doughnut shop.
b. adjective. Situated or occurring downtown; pertaining to or characteristic of such an area. M19.
B. Ulanov Squalid little towns in downtown New York. M. Howard My father.., neat widower in dark downtown suits.
C. noun. The downtown part of a town or city; a downtown area. M19.
Globe & Mail (Toronto) A 500 ft. treed property just 18 minutes to downtown. Billings (Montana) Gazette Designers..have long warned the downtowns were doomed.
down'towner noun an inhabitant or frequenter of a downtown area M19.