elm

CEFRC1

/ɛlm/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A tall tree with rough leaves and spreading branches.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A village and civil parish in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4706).

Examples

  • In our Mediterranean forest, there are lots of trees: oak, pine, willow, ash, elm, etc..

  • The trees they selected were maple, elm, beech, and poplar.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɛləm/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Wood from an elm tree.

  2. A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.

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In context

  • We have a Japanese elm in our garden which always looks particularly gorgeous in autumn.

  • The village is a dignified place of thatch, half-timbering, box hedges and neat farms, set among elms (though not as many as formerly, since Dutch elm disease took its toll) on the level plain of the Pewsey Vale.

  • English soldiers handled sturdy bows of yew, ash, or elm, which could propel an iron-tipped arrow as far as a hundred yards.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English elme, elm, from Old English elm, from Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”). See also dialectal Low German Elm, dialectal German Ilm, archaic German Ilme, Norwegian and Swedish alm; also Irish leamh, Latin ulmus, Albanian ulzë (“maple”).