a joint of the finger; a knuckle.

a knot or knot-like part; a node or hard lump on a tree where a branch grows.

an instrument consisting of an inverted cone with a hole at the small end or a tapering or cylindrical tube with a wide, cone-shaped mouth, for pouring liquids and powders into containers; a funnel.

a bent or curving part, as of a road.

the metallic sound of weapons as of swords.

a sound imitating it.

the ringing sound of bells; the sound produced when a metal is struck repeatedly; clang.

a sound imitating it.

the sound made when a thing is torn violently into pieces.

a young bamboo shoot (a few varieties of which are edible).

a very young child; an infant; a child.