hawfinch C2 Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈhɔːfɪntʃ/ UK /ˈhɔːfɪntʃ/ See IPA manual Freq #332745 Meanings 1 noun a large Eurasian finch with a very powerful bill used to crack hard seeds and fruit stones A hawfinch sat high in the hornbeam before dropping to feed on cherry stones. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a large eurasian finch with... Coccothraustes coccothraustes Word family Derived forms hawfinches Related forms finchgrosbeakhornbeamCoccothraustes Etymology Formed from haw, the fruit of the hawthorn, + finch. The compound refers to the bird's seed-and-fruit diet; its unusually heavy bill can split hard kernels and fruit stones. Topics Food & Drink External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # hawfinch **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈhɔːfɪntʃ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhɔːfɪntʃ/ **Frequency rank:** 332745 ## Meanings 1. a large Eurasian finch with a very powerful bill used to crack hard seeds and fruit stones ## Examples - A hawfinch sat high in the hornbeam before dropping to feed on cherry stones. ## Derived Forms - hawfinches ## Related Forms - finch - grosbeak - hornbeam - Coccothraustes ## Etymology Formed from haw, the fruit of the hawthorn, + finch. The compound refers to the bird's seed-and-fruit diet; its unusually heavy bill can split hard kernels and fruit stones. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown