Antlers are hard, branched bones on male deer heads. They grow and fall off once a year. Animals use them to fight or show strength.
The stag has big antlers on its head.
Male deer use antlers in fights every year.
People sometimes use deer antlers to make tools or art. These antlers are strong and easy to shape for small objects.
The hunter made a knife from an antler.
Antlers are used to make buttons and tools.
Some things have shapes like antlers. This use describes things that have many branches or forks, like plant parts or decorations.
The branches have an antler-like form.
The lamp’s arms look like antlers.
'Antler' is sometimes used as a name for places like mountains or hills. These places usually look like the shape of antlers or have that name locally.
We climbed Antler last summer.
Antler is a small mountain in Colorado.
In some dialects, 'antler' means a stubborn or proud man. It compares a person to a male deer with big antlers who shows strength or pride.
He’s such an antler, always proud and tough.
Don’t be an antler and listen to me.
'Antler' is also a last name in English. People with this surname have it by family or heritage, not related to the animal directly.
Mr. Antler works at the university.
The Antler family lives in that house.
