What is another word for twig?

Pronunciation: [twˈɪɡ] (IPA)

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  • Forward Entailment

    • Noun, singular or mass
      branch.
  • Independent

    • Noun, singular or mass
      stick.
  • Other Related

    • Noun, singular or mass
      shoot.

What are the hypernyms for Twig?

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What are the hyponyms for Twig?

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Usage examples for Twig

Mattawa went out, and soon afterwards Nasmyth, whose clothes were now partly dry, lay down, dressed as he was, in his twig-packed bunk, with his pipe in his hand.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
I've heard that story before, Ben, but the rain was snow and the twig was a church steeple.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
As the twig is bent so the tree is inclined.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter

Famous quotes with Twig

  • Well, listen, you know, the Czech saying is, you know, when you are drowning you are grabbing even a little twig. That's what all Czechs were doing, grabbing for... with the hope for this little twig.
    Milos Forman
  • I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.
    Kathe Kollwitz
  • I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.
    Kathe Kollwitz
  • First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf.
    Martin Luther
  • I don't normally look like a twig and I do eat like a pig but the weight has just dropped off me.
    Sienna Miller

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