How do you use the word "fir" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "fir": Every family decorates a fir tree for the new year. We are decorating the fir tree.

Fir Meaning

/fɜː/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA conifer of the genus Abies.

nounAny pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).

Sentence Examples

Every family decorates a fir tree for the new year.

We are decorating the fir tree.

CEFR Practice Quiz

We decorated the tall green ____ tree with lights and ornaments for Christmas.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The tall ____ tree stayed green all through the harsh winter, while other trees lost their leaves.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English firre, from Old English fyrh, furh, as in furhwudu (“pinewood”), from Proto-West Germanic *furhu, from Proto-Germanic *furhō, *furhijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥kʷeh₂, from *pérkʷus (“oak”). Possibly conflated during Middle English with Old Norse fýri (as in fýriskógr (“pine-wood”). Germanic cognates include Dutch vuren, Low German Fuhr, German Föhre (“pine”), Danish fyr). Outside of Germanic, compare Italian (Trentino) porca (“fir”), Latin quercus (“oak”), Albanian shpardh, shparr (“Italian oak”), Punjabi ਪਰਗਾਇ (pargāī, “holm oak, Quercus baloot”)). Related to frith.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky." — 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:

"we shall find a spot that is sheltered and snug enough, sir. There is a dry fir-wood just ahead, if I remember rightly." — 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 3, in The Lord of the Rings:

"I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent." — 1991, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: American Christmas, Dark Horse Books:

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