English Explanatory Dictionary

Quorn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A famous fox hunt (one of the world's oldest, established in 1696) in Leicestershire.
  2. A village and civil parish (formerly Quorndon) in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5616).
  3. A town in Flinders Ranges council area, South Australia.
  4. A mycoprotein-based food product used as a substitute for meat.

Pronunciation

/kwɔːn/ /k(w)ɔɹn/ en-uk-Quorn.ogg

Word forms

Quorn

Etymology

Shortened from earlier Quorndon, from Old English cweorndun, from cweorn (“millstone; quern”) + dun (“hill”). The fox hunt, the meat substitute and the town in Australia are named after the village in Leicestershire.

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