Quorn
English
/kwɔːn/
proper noun
Definitions
- (with "the") A famous fox hunt (one of the world's oldest, established in 1696) in Leicestershire.
- (village and civil parish (formerly Quorndon) in Charnwood) OS grid ref SK5616.
- (town in South Australia).
- A mycoprotein-based food product used as a substitute for meat.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cweorndun, cweorn (quern, mill, millstone, hand-mill) + Old English dun (hill, mountain).
Origin
Old English
dun
Gloss
hill, mountain
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
山, 岳