barnacled

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adjective

Crusted with barnacles.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivebarnacled (comparative more barnacled, superlative most barnacled)

comparative more barnacled · superlative most barnacled

  1. Crusted with barnacles.
  2. broadlyfigurativelyThickly covered in something, as if with barnacles.
  3. Familiar with the ocean and/or seafaring.
  4. Old and weathered, particularly with respect to persons or things associated with the ocean.
  5. figurativelyMarked by personal experiences; worldly.
  6. figurativelyEncumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of barnacle

Origin

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APA

barnacled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barnacled

MLA

“barnacled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barnacled. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barnacled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barnacled.

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