Usually means: Marine crustaceans attaching to surfaces.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History
We found 19 dictionaries that define the word barnacles:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. barnacles: Merriam-Webster
  2. barnacles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. barnacles: Wordnik
  4. barnacles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. barnacles: Wiktionary
  6. barnacles: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. barnacles: Dictionary.com
  8. barnacles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Barnacles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Barnacles: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  11. Barnacles: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. barnacles: Vocabulary.com
  13. Barnacles: Wordnik
  14. Barnacles: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Barnacles: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Barnacles: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Barnacles: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. barnacles: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Barnacles: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See barnacle as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Barnacle)

noun:  A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
noun:  The barnacle goose.
noun:  (engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
noun:  (electronics, slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
noun:  (software engineering, slang) A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
noun:  (obsolete, in the plural) An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
noun:  (archaic, British, slang, in the plural) A pair of spectacles.
noun:  (slang, obsolete) A good job, or snack easily obtained.
noun:  (slang) A worldly sailor.
verb:  To connect with or attach.
verb:  To press close against something.
noun:  A village in Shilton and Barnacle parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3884).
noun:  A surname.
▸ Also see barnacle


Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:




Words similar to barnacles

Usage examples for barnacles

Idioms related to barnacles

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing barnacles

Words that often appear near barnacles

Rhymes of barnacles

Invented words related to barnacles

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux