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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name

Definition 1:
• A village in Shilton and Barnacle parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3884).

Definition 2:
• A surname.
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːnəkl̩/

Definition 1:
• A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.

Definition 2:
• The barnacle goose.

Definition 3:
• In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
Labels: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, slang

Definition 4:
• 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.
Labels: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, slang

Definition 5:
• A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: cruft
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software, slang

Definition 6:
• 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.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: twitch
Labels: in-plural, obsolete

Definition 7:
• A pair of spectacles.
Labels: UK, archaic, in-plural, slang

Definition 8:
• A good job, or snack easily obtained.
Labels: obsolete, slang

Definition 9:
• A worldly sailor.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: shellback
Labels: slang
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːnəkl̩/

Definition 1:
• To connect with or attach.

Definition 2:
• To press close against something.

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barnacle