pine

  • 21pine — pine1 [ paın ] noun * 1. ) pine or pine tree count a tall tree with thin sharp leaves called needles that do not fall off in winter, and hard brown fruits called cones 2. ) uncount the wood of a pine tree: a table made of solid pine pine… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22pine — I UK [paɪn] / US noun Word forms pine : singular pine plural pines * 1) pine or pine tree [countable] a tall tree with thin sharp leaves called needles that do not fall off in winter, and hard brown fruits called cones 2) [uncountable] the wood… …

    English dictionary

  • 23pine — pine1 [paın] n [Date: 1000 1100; : Latin; Origin: pinus] 1.) [U and C] also pine tree a tall tree with long hard sharp leaves that do not fall off in winter ▪ an ancient pine forest 2.) [U] the pale wood of pine trees, used to make furniture,… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24pine — [[t]pa͟ɪn[/t]] pines, pining, pined 1) N VAR A pine tree or a pine is a tall tree which has very thin, sharp leaves and a fresh smell. Pine trees have leaves all year round. ...high mountains covered in pine trees. N UNCOUNT: oft N n Pine is the… …

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  • 25Pine — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le terme pine désigne : Pine (logiciel) est un logiciel de messagerie électronique, acronyme pour Program for Internet News and E mail… …

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  • 26PINE — One species of pine, the Aleppo pine Pinus halepensis, is indigenous to Israel. Other species of the same genus have been planted in the afforestation of modern Israel and as ornamental trees, among them the stone pine, Pinus pinea. The modern… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 27pine — [OE] English has two words pine. The treename was borrowed from Latin pīnus, which some have traced to the Indo European base *pīt ‘resin’ (source of English pituitary [17]). Pine cones were originally called pineapples [14], but in the mid 17th… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28pine — [OE] English has two words pine. The treename was borrowed from Latin pīnus, which some have traced to the Indo European base *pīt ‘resin’ (source of English pituitary [17]). Pine cones were originally called pineapples [14], but in the mid 17th… …

    Word origins

  • 29pine — 1. n. 1 any evergreen tree of the genus Pinus native to northern temperate regions, with needle shaped leaves growing in clusters. 2 the soft timber of this, often used to make furniture. Also called DEAL(2). 3 (attrib.) made of pine. 4 =… …

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  • 30Pine — This interesting surname, with variant spellings Pyne and Pinn, is of Anglo Saxon and Old French origin, and derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century, or Old French pin meaning pine and was originally given as a topographical name to one… …

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