Whin Synonyms

wĭn, hwĭn
Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gorse
  2. woodwaxen
  3. dyer's greenweed
  4. dyer's-broom
  5. furze
  6. dyeweed
  7. greenweed
  8. Irish gorse
  9. woadwaxen
  10. Genista tinctoria
  11. Ulex europaeus
Any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. whinstone

Whin Sentence Examples

  • In addition to forming the present parish boundary, Whin Beck was also the township boundary of Normanton.

  • I found this sample when I was working in a heading that was going through a major geological fault called the whin dike.

  • Planting of whin bushes on sand dunes at Jubilee Course.

  • But the small number of fathers who attended at the latter town, and above all, the disquieting tendencies whin began to make themselves felt there, induced the pope to force on a dissolution of the synod.

  • The parks and open spaces include Wellington Park, Well Park in the heart of the town (these were the gift of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart), Whin Hill, Lyle Road - a broad drive winding over the heights towards Gourock, constructed as a "relief work" in the severe winter of 1879-1880.

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