Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wattle

3 senses of wattle

Sense 1
wattle, lappet -- (a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards)
       => caruncle, caruncula -- (an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds)

Sense 2
wattle -- (framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence)
       => framework -- (a structure supporting or containing something)

Sense 3
wattle -- (any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle)
       => acacia -- (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wattle

2 senses of wattle

Sense 1
wattle -- (build of or with wattle)
       => construct, build, make -- (make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer")

Sense 2
wattle -- (interlace to form wattle)
       => intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace -- (spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts")