"wroo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wroos [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wro, wra, from Old Norse rá, vrá (“corner, nook”), from Proto-Germanic *wranhō (“angle, corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrenk- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Cognate with Scots wra, wray (“corner, nook”), Danish and Swedish vrå (“corner, nook, recess”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wro}} Middle English wro, {{m|enm|wra}} wra, {{der|en|non|rá}} Old Norse rá, {{m|ang|vrá|t=corner, nook}} vrá (“corner, nook”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*wranhō|t=angle, corner}} Proto-Germanic *wranhō (“angle, corner”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wrenk-|t=to turn, twist, bend}} Proto-Indo-European *wrenk- (“to turn, twist, bend”), {{cog|sco|wra}} Scots wra, {{m|sco|wray|t=corner, nook}} wray (“corner, nook”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|sv|vrå|t=corner, nook, recess}} Swedish vrå (“corner, nook, recess”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wroo (plural wroos)
  1. A corner; nook.
    Sense id: en-wroo-en-noun-HjFlLZou
  2. (UK dialectal) An enclosure in a grass field, in which cattle are penned up at night. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (topical): Walls and fences
    Sense id: en-wroo-en-noun-Ykz4Q3Lz Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 29 71 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wro, roo, wray, ray [Scotland]

Inflected forms

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