treenoun [ C ]
uk/triː/us/triː/A1 a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its upper part:
a plum/apple/chestnut tree
an oak/elm/maple tree
We sat under a tree for shade.
another type of tall plant, without a wooden trunk:
palm trees
More examples
- A fallen tree is blocking the road.
- The birds built their nest in the small fir tree.
- The air was so still that not even the leaves on the trees were moving.
- These trees will have to be cut down to make way for the new road.
- A young boy climbed into the apple tree and shook the branches so that the fruit fell down.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forestry
- afforestation
- arborist
- brushwood
- cut sth down
- deforestation
- flitch
- forested
- forester
- glade
- grove
- jungle
- logging
- logjam
- old growth
- ranger
- saw sth down
- spinney
- the timberline
- tree-lined
- wooded
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