knotty pine
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- noun
- /ˈnɑti paɪn/
- US
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pino nudos
- It's a sauna, less than five feet high, made of knotty pine planks and roofed with a sheet of turquoise plastic.
- knotty pine paneling
- knotty pine walls
- knotty pine planks
Examples
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Transform your knotty pine room to make the space feel larger and more open.
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In fact, I did not like Dr. Mant's drafty house with its knotty pine paneling the color of amber and dark brown painted floors that showed every particle of dust.
Fiction book (1996) -
Half of it was unfinished, and the other half was paneled in knotty pine.
Fiction book (1994) -
Usually, the plain brown den, with its knotty pine paneling and orange-crate coffee table, was the perfect place to learn, but not today.
Fiction book (1991) -
The cottage had knotty pine walls that had been painted white and three-inch plank floorboards that were covered with shiny green paint.
Fiction book (2001) -
I stopped at a display next to the jewelry, examined mounted fish, crappie and bluegill, lacquered and stuck on pieces of knotty pine.
Fiction book (1994) -
He had the walls paneled in knotty pine, and he had chandeliers installed and fitted with dimmer switches, and over the door, he had a new electric sign hung.
Fiction book (1994) -
It was a rectangle of knotty pine, eight inches wide, eighteen long, notched at the perimeter, bearing upon its unevenly stained surface the chiseled-out word.
Fiction book (1997) -
The walls have the original knotty pine paneling from 1973.
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Photograph: Knotty pine planks hung horizontally give the powder room rustic charm and a spa-like feel.
Synonyms
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Wood from pine trees often used to make furniture
Antonyms
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'pine wood with many visible knots' is directly derivable from combining 'knotty' (having many knots) with 'pine' (the wood/tree). This is a regular adjective+noun composition and follows transparent, cross-linguistic descriptive patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Knotty pine is a name for pine wood that has many dark knots where branches once grew, giving the boards a rough, natural pattern. Because people liked that warm, cabin-like look for walls and furniture, knotty pine now means 'pine wood with visible knots' used for paneling and a 'rustic' style.