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All families had their special Christmas food. Ours was called Dutch Bread, made from a dough halfway between bread and cake, stuffed with citron and every sort of nut from the farm - hazel, black walnut, hickory, butternut.
Paul Engle

Meaning of "hickory" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HICKORY

From earlier pohickery, from Algonquian pawcohiccora food made from ground hickory nuts.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HICKORY

hickory  [ˈhɪkərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HICKORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hickory is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HICKORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hickory

Hickory

Hickory is a type of tree, comprising the genus Carya. The genus includes 17–19 species of deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaves and big nuts. Five or six species are native to China, Indochina, and India, 11 or 12 are from the United States, two to four are from Canada and four are found in Mexico. Hickory flowers are small, yellow-green catkins produced in spring. They are wind-pollinated and self-incompatible. The fruit is a globose or oval nut, 2–5 cm long and 1.5–3 cm diameter, enclosed in a four-valved husk, which splits open at maturity. The nut shell is thick and bony in most species, and thin in a few, notably C. illinoinensis; it is divided into two halves, which split apart when the seed germinates. Beaked hickory is a species formerly classified as Carya sinensis, but now adjudged in the monotypic genus Annamocarya.

Definition of hickory in the English dictionary

The first definition of hickory in the dictionary is the hard tough wood of any of these trees. Other definition of hickory is the nut of any of these trees. Hickory is also a switch or cane made of hickory wood.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HICKORY


apothecary
əˈpɒθɪkərɪ
bakery
ˈbeɪkərɪ
bibliothecary
ˌbɪblɪˈɒθɪkərɪ
chiccory
ˈtʃɪkərɪ
chicory
ˈtʃɪkərɪ
cookery
ˈkʊkərɪ
fakery
ˈfeɪkərɪ
fikery
ˈfaɪkərɪ
flickery
ˈflɪkərɪ
formicary
ˈfɔːmɪkərɪ
hypothecary
hɪˈpɒθɪkərɪ
pickery
ˈpɪkərɪ
pothecary
ˈpɒθɪkərɪ
rakery
ˈreɪkərɪ
snickery
ˈsnɪkərɪ
spikery
ˈspaɪkərɪ
Terpsichore
tɜːpˈsɪkərɪ
trickery
ˈtrɪkərɪ
vicary
ˈvɪkərɪ
Zachary
ˈzækərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HICKORY

hic
hic jacet
hiccatee
hiccup
hiccupped
hiccupy
hick
hick town
hickey
hickish
Hickok
hickories
Hickox
hickwall
hickymal
hid
hidable
hidage
hidalgo
hidalgoish

WORDS THAT END LIKE HICKORY

accessory
advisory
black hickory
brown hickory
category
directory
factory
Federal Capital Territory
glory
Gregory
history
introductory
inventory
ivory
laboratory
memory
story
territory
theory
victory

Synonyms and antonyms of hickory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hickory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HICKORY

Find out the translation of hickory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hickory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hickory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

山核桃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nogal
570 millions of speakers

English

hickory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिकॉरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جوز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гикори
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nogueira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Hickory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hickory
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hickory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hickory
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒッコリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

히코리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hickory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giống hồ đào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இக்கரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिकॉरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kuzey Amerika cevizi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hickory
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hickory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гикори
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hickory
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hickory
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hickory
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

hickory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hickory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hickory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HICKORY»

The term «hickory» is very widely used and occupies the 19.688 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HICKORY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hickory

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4 QUOTES WITH «HICKORY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hickory.
1
Paul Engle
All families had their special Christmas food. Ours was called Dutch Bread, made from a dough halfway between bread and cake, stuffed with citron and every sort of nut from the farm - hazel, black walnut, hickory, butternut.
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Emeril Lagasse
When I want to kick it up, I like to add hardwood chips or chunks to the grill; it adds bold smoky flavors. The most common woods are hickory and mesquite, but you can find alder, apple, cherry and, my personal favorite, pecan.
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Dan Phillips
Repetition creates pattern. If I have a hundred of these, a hundred of those, it doesn't make any difference what these and those are. If I can repeat anything, I have the possibility of a pattern from hickory nuts and chicken eggs, shards of glass, branches. It doesn't make any difference.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
So Pa sold the little house. He sold the cow and calf. He made hickory bows and fastened them upright to the wagon box. Ma helped him stretch white canvas over them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HICKORY»

Discover the use of hickory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hickory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Miss Hickory
Relates the adventures of a country doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut for a head.
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, 1977
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Fiddler, The (Home to Hickory Hollow Book #1)
New from #1 Bestselling Author Beverly Lewis Amelia "Amy" DeVries, a 24-year-old violinist, is disillusioned with life and love after the collapse of her long-running romance.
Beverly Lewis, 2012
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Hickory Dickory Dock
Keith Baker displays his trademark flair for color, movement, and rhythm in this vibrant adaptation of the familiar nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock.
Keith Baker, 2007
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Hickory: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
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A Hickory Ridge Christmas (Mills & Boon Love Inspired)
A minister's daughter and unwed teen mother: five years ago Hannah Woods had been the talk of Hickory Ridge.
Dana Corbit, 2012
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Hickory Wind: The Life and Times of Gram Parsons
A biography of a pioneer in country rock discusses Parson's privileged childhood, fame, friendship with Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, drug problem, and mysterious death
Ben Fong-Torres, 1998
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Young Hickory: the making of Andrew Jackson
Traces the early years of the seventh president of the United States, discussing the turbulent events that shaped the course of his life.
Hendrik Booraem, 2001
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Hickory Woods Adventures
Join Bumble the "Squat" and Snap Jaw the Dragon on a medieval adventure in this tale of Biblical values and imaginative fun.
Jim Dober, 2010
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Old Hickory:Andrew Jackson and the American People: Andrew ...
Vivid detail and unflinching analysis characterize Albert Marrin's fascinating rendering of the adventurous life, painful complexity, and continuing controversy that define the Age of Jackson.
Albert Marrin, 2004
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The Hickory Chair
Luis, a blind boy, tells of his warm relationship with his grandmother and the gift she left for him after her death, in a unique and beautiful book about love, from the perspective of a blind child.
Lisa Rowe Fraustino, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HICKORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hickory is used in the context of the following news items.
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$10 debt results in Hickory stabbing
HICKORY – An argument over $10 resulted in a Hickory man stabbing another Hickory man early Tuesday morning, officials said. Charles ... «Hickory Daily Record, Jul 15»
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Hickory firefighters promoted, recognized Monday - HDR | Hickory
HICKORY – Nine Hickory Fire Department firefighters received promotions during a promotional ceremony at the Highland Recreation Center ... «Hickory Daily Record, Jul 15»
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Trailer stolen from Hickory business - HDR | Hickory Daily Record …
Hickory Police Department spokeswoman Chrystal Dieter said police responded to a call from Dock Yard Self Storage on U.S. 70 SE Monday ... «Hickory Daily Record, Jul 15»
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WHKY-TV & WHKY Talk Radio - Hickory Officials Plan To Meet With …
City of Hickory officials plan to meet with federal officials in Washington, DC on Thursday (July 16) to discuss the Hickory Bonds and the ... «WHKY, Jul 15»
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SW Hickory Assault Under Investigation - Whky.com
Hickory Police are investigating an assault in Hickory that was reported at about 7:30 last night (July 14). The incident occurred on the 800 ... «WHKY, Jul 15»
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UPDATE: Wreck Closes Portion of Burnt Hickory Road
Police said Burnt Hickory Road between Polk Street and Old Mountain Road is closed due an accident which saw power lines knocked to the ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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UPDATE: Wreck Closes Portion of Burnt Hickory Road | Marietta, GA …
Police said Burnt Hickory Road between Polk Street and Old Mountain Road is closed due an accident which saw power lines knocked to the ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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Iowa City gears up for Hickory Hill Park renovations - The Daily Iowan
Iowa City is planning the first steps in a series of renovations for Hickory Hill Park. The city is in the process of developing a three-phase master ... «UI The Daily Iowan, Jul 15»
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Missouri City resident Ted Karnezis continues Old Hickory Inn's …
father, Thomas, in Old Hickory Inn Barbecue in Missouri City. Now, Karnezis is a proud co-owner of the restaurant. (Photo by Michael Sudhalter). «Fortbendstar.com, Jul 15»
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Hickory Ridge Golf & Country Club - Story - WKBW
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) - Located only 10 minutes from Brockport, (home to SUNY Brockport College) Hickory Ridge Golf, Country Club, and ... «WKBW-TV, Jul 15»

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