cane noun

/keɪn/ n

Definition

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[C or U] the long, hard, hollow stem of particular plants such as bamboo, sometimes used to make furniture or support other plants in the garden

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[C] a long stick used especially by old, ill or blind people to help them walk

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[S] a long, thin stick used in the past as a school punishment

(Definition of cane noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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