thrown
/θɹoʊn/
adjective
Launched by throwing.
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Adjective 2 meanings
Launched by throwing.
“a thrown weapon”
Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwen, ġeþrāwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Doublet of thran. Morphologically throw + -n.
THROWN at a glance
THROWN has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (T 1 + H 4 + R 1 + O 1 + W 4 + N 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,593 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with thrown
All rhymesOne letter away
- THROWS12
- THRAWN12
- THROWE12
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