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ACORN — Gründung 1970 Sitz USA Personen Helene O Brian; Maude Hurt … Deutsch Wikipedia
ACORN — [ˈeɪkɔːn ǁ ɔːrn, ərn] noun MARKETING A Classification of Residential Neighbourhoods; a system in Britain of putting areas of the country into different classes according to the incomes of the people who live there: • the five local authorities… … Financial and business terms
Acorn — A corn, n. [AS. [ae]cern, fr. [ae]cer field, acre; akin to D. aker acorn, Ger. ecker, Icel. akarn, Dan. agern, Goth. akran fruit, akrs field; orig. fruit of the field. See {Acre}.] 1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acorn — (n.) O.E. æcern nut, common Germanic (Cf. O.N. akarn, Du. aker, Low Ger. ecker acorn, Ger. Ecker, Goth. akran fruit ), originally the mast of any forest tree, and ultimately related (via notion of fruit of the open or unenclosed land ) to O.E.… … Etymology dictionary
acorn — ► NOUN ▪ the fruit of the oak, a smooth oval nut in a cup like base. ORIGIN Old English, related to ACRE(Cf. ↑acreage), later associated with OAK(Cf. ↑oaky) and CORN(Cf. ↑corn) … English terms dictionary
acorn — [ā′kôrn΄] n. [ME akorn < OE æcern, nut, mast of trees; akin to Goth akran, ON akarn < IE base * əg , to grow, fruit: form infl. by assoc. with OE ac, oak + corn, grain] the fruit of the oak tree; an oak nut … English World dictionary
Acorn® — /āˈkörn/ abbrev A Classification of Residential Neighbourhoods, a type of socio economic classification that identifies the area and housing in which people live and can be used for direct mail or market research … Useful english dictionary
Acorn — war ein britisches Computerunternehmen, das in den 1980er und 1990er Jahren besonders in Großbritannien beliebte Computer und Set Top Boxen produzierte. Darunter befanden sich unter anderen der BBC Micro und der Acorn Archimedes.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Acorn — The acorn is the nut of the oak tree (genera Quercus , Lithocarpus and Cyclobalanopsis , in the family Fagaceae). It is a nut, containing a single seed (rarely two seeds), enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne in a cup shaped cupule.… … Wikipedia
Acorn — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Acorn », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) En anglais, acorn signifie gland, le fruit du… … Wikipédia en Français
acorn — a·corn (ā’kôrn′, ā’kərn) n. ▸ The fruit of an oak, consisting of a single seeded, thick walled nut set in a woody, cuplike base. ╂ [Middle English akorn, from Old English æcern.] Word History: A thoughtful glance at the word acorn might produce… … Word Histories
