Christmas tree
Word forms: plural Christmas trees
countable noun
A Christmas tree is a fir tree, or an artificial tree that looks like a fir tree, which people put in their houses at Christmas and decorate with coloured lights and ornaments.
Christmas tree in British English
noun
1.
an evergreen tree or an imitation of one, decorated as part of Christmas celebrations
2. Also called: Christmas bush Australian
any of various trees or shrubs flowering at Christmas and used for decoration
3. another name for pohutukawa
Christmas tree in American English
US
an evergreen or artificial tree hung with ornaments and lights at Christmastime
Christmas tree in the Oil and Gas Industry
(krɪsməs tri)
Word forms: (regular plural) Christmas trees
noun
(Extractive engineering: Field development, Drilling)
A Christmas tree is a set of seals and valves to control production, fitted to the wellhead when the well has been completed.
The Christmas tree contains valves which control the flow of oil and gas after the well has been drilledand completed.
Christmas trees vary in construction, but all have at least one valve to control the flow of thewell.
A Christmas tree is a set of seals and valves to control production, fitted to the wellhead when thewell has been completed.
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Examples of 'Christmas tree' in a sentenceChristmas tree
In other languagesChristmas tree
British English: Christmas tree /ˈkrɪsməs triː/ NOUN
A Christmas tree is a real or artificial fir tree, which people put in their houses at Christmas and decorate with lights and balls.
- American English: Christmas tree
- Arabic: شَجَرَة عِيد الـمِيلَاد
- Brazilian Portuguese: árvore de Natal
- Chinese: 圣诞树
- Croatian: božićno drvce
- Czech: vánoční stromeček
- Danish: juletræ
- Dutch: kerstboom
- European Spanish: árbol de Navidad
- Finnish: joulukuusi
- French: sapin de Noël
- German: Weihnachtsbaum
- Greek: Χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο
- Italian: albero di Natale
- Japanese: クリスマスツリー
- Korean: 크리스마스 트리
- Norwegian: juletre
- Polish: choinka
- European Portuguese: árvore de Natal
- Romanian: brad de Crăciun
- Russian: рождественская елка
- Latin American Spanish: árbol de Navidad
- Swedish: julgran
- Thai: ต้นคริสต์มาส
- Turkish: Noel ağacı
- Ukrainian: новорічна ялинка
- Vietnamese: cây thông Giáng Sinh
Chinese translation of 'Christmas tree'
Christmas tree
n (c)
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圣(聖)诞(誕)树(樹)
(Shèngdàn shù) (棵, kē)