tree

CEFRA1

/tɹiː/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A tall plant with a wooden trunk, branches, and leaves.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.

Examples

  • She climbed the tree and hid in the branches.

  • Strong winds stripped the tree of its leaves.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /t͡ʃɹɪj/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any other plant (such as a large shrub or herb) that is reminiscent of the above in form and size.

  2. A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.

  3. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.

More examples

In context

  • A bear can climb a tree.

  • Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.

  • Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English trau, tre, tree, treo, treou, trew, trewe, troe, trouȝh, trouȝgh, trow, trowe, from Old English trēo, trēow, trēu, trīo, trīow, trȳw (“tree; wood; forest; beam, cudgel, log; cross”), from Proto-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Related to tar, true. Cognates Cognate with Dutch teer (“tree”), Danish, Faroese, and Scanian træ (“tree; timber, wood”), Elfdalian trai (“tree; timber, wood”), Icelandic tré (“tree; wood”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tre (“tree; wood”), Swedish trä (“wood; tree”), träd (“tree”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu, “piece of wood”);...