"choke pear" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: choke pears [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} choke pear (plural choke pears)
  1. A metal torture device to be inserted into the body, consisting of a usually pear-shaped piece divided into spoon-like segments that can be spread apart by turning a screw. Categories (topical): Torture Synonyms (torture device): pear, pear of anguish, Pope's pear Translations (a metal torture device): tuskan päärynä (Finnish), poire d’angoisse [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-choke_pear-en-noun-l6iGofCV Disambiguation of Torture: 72 15 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 3 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 3 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 61 3 35 Disambiguation of 'torture device': 94 3 2 Disambiguation of 'a metal torture device': 96 2 1
  2. A kind of pear with a rough, astringent taste, difficult to swallow.
    Sense id: en-choke_pear-en-noun-~fjzKE~V
  3. (archaic) A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that cannot be answered. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-choke_pear-en-noun-6ctrd4Yc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 3 49

Inflected forms

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