Definitions for Hickory

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Hickory hick·o·ry

Spelling: [hik-uh-ree, hik-ree]

IPA: /ˈhɪk ə ri, ˈhɪk ri/

Hickory is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in Hickory (chikory).

Definitions for Hickory

noun

1. any of several North American trees belonging to the genus Carya, of the walnut family, certain species of which bear edible nuts or yield a valuable wood. Compare pecan, shagbark.
2. the wood of any of these trees.
3. a switch, stick, etc., of this wood.
4. Baseball Slang. a baseball bat.
5. Also called hickory cloth, hickory stripe. a strong fabric of twill construction, used chiefly in the manufacture of work clothes.
6. a city in W North Carolina.

Origin of Hickory

1610-20, Americanism; earlier pohickery Virginia Algonquian (E spelling) pocohiquara a milky drink prepared from hickory nuts

Examples for Hickory

We have hickory or ekkeri again, followed by a significant one.

Growing out of fissures of the bark and wood of hickory, Acer, etc.

These two main braces of course were extra strong, and made of hickory.

There were plenty of places nearer hickory Ridge for fishing purposes.

Its flavor can not compare with that of the pecan, hickory, or black walnut.

There was a fire of hickory, but it burned low, as though it knew the winter was over.

Our hickory brooms were round but Mr. Furnell made a flat one for my sister.

Outside, oak and hickory and pecan trees dotted the rolling grassland.

Next in line of hardiness and reliability is the Weschcke hickory.

The hickory had proven as stubborn as he was himself—which is saying a great deal.