pine
- noun
- /paɪn/
- A carefully set pile of aspen and pine logs lay in the grate.
- made of pine
- pine wood
- white pine
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Watch on YouTubeAnd this was just the cheapest untreated pine that we could find.
- And this was just the cheapest untreated pine that we could find.
- The cedar is rot resistant and the the white pine is not.
- I'm going to flip this pine bow over fur bow.
- We're starting to smolder until the logs are getting hot, pine set bubbling out of them.
Examples
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At one end of the room were some planks of aged pine set on sawhorses.
Fiction book (1990) -
Do you realize that 75% of the buildings in the Patch... are made of pine?
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I ran a test cut first in soft pine and then a finished piece in heart pine which turned out fantastic.
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And then we're going to add a little piece of pine like that.
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OK, so I bought a bunch of pine to build a triangular structure that will support the front face of the mountain.
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The air was cool and fresh, with pine and flower scents in it.
Fiction book (1991) -
The factories use local pine, and the humid climate presents problems in drying it.
Academic text (2002) -
The light stand can be constructed from 1" x 12" pine, 1/2" or 3/4" plywood or chipboard shelving.
Academic text (1994) -
The lumber, much of it chestnut and heart pine, is sold as premium flooring, paneling, and molding.
Academic text (2000) -
The furniture in my living room is made from pine, giving it a warm, rustic look.
Synonyms
The hard material from trees used for building and as fuel
Wood from trees like pine and fir that is softer and easy to cut
Wood from pine trees often used to make furniture
A pine tree that has hard yellowish wood people use for building and furniture
Soft pale wood from a tall tree used for building and furniture
Wood from pine trees that people use for building and furniture
Idioms
Compounds
A tall tree from western North America that has long green needles and thick dark bark
- Specialized
A tall thin tree from western North America with two needles on each small branch and rough bark
- US
Pine wood with many knots used for wall panels and furniture to give a rustic look
A tall pine tree from western North America with blue-green needles and bark in flat grey-brown plates
- US
A medium pine tree with two yellow-green needles on each branch and rough scaly bark
- US
A tall tree with five long needles in each group and smooth light grey bark when young
- US
A small, bushy pine tree with twisted branches and short needles in pairs that grows in the eastern United States
- US
A large tree with long needles and twisted branches from the southeastern United States used for timber
A tall pine tree in the southern United States with long needles in groups of three and reddish-brown bark
A tall pine tree from the southeastern United States with very long needles and rough red-brown bark
- US
A medium to large pine tree with two needles per cluster and reddish brown flaky bark
- Australian
An evergreen tree or shrub from Australia that grows well in dry soil and has hard wood
A Japanese pine with long needles in pairs often grown in gardens and for bonsai that resists salt and pollution
- Specialized
A pine tree with long needles and flexible branches that grows high in western mountains
- Specialized
A medium pine tree from coastal California with long cones and clusters of five needles
A small pine tree with smooth pale bark that grows high in western North American mountains
- US
A small brown striped bird with some yellow on its wings that often lives near pine trees
- Specialized
A large pine tree from eastern North America that people use for its wood and sticky sap
- US
A tall evergreen tree from northwest North America with short needles and egg-shaped cones
- US
A small bushy pine tree from the eastern United States with twisted branches and short needles in pairs
A large pine tree from the southeastern United States with long needles and rough reddish bark used for timber
A pine tree with reddish-brown flaky bark and pairs of needles that grows in northern Europe and Asia
- Specialized
A tall pine tree from western North America with long blue-green needles in groups of three and long cones
- Specialized
A large pine tree with short needles that grows in the southern United States
A tall tree from eastern North America with long needles, soft wood, and brown bark with long cracks
A tall pine tree from California with long needles in groups of three, often grown for wood
- Jargon
A cloth soaked in pine tar that batters rub on a bat handle to help them hold it better
- Australian
A tall evergreen tree from Norfolk Island often grown as a house plant or decoration
- Australian
A slow-growing Tasmanian tree with strong wood that resists rot, used for carving and building boats
A tall pine tree from western North America with blue-green needles and grey-brown bark
- US
A large tree with long needles that grows in wet sandy areas of the southeastern United States
- Specialized
A disease caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the bark and weakens white pine trees
- Specialized
A disease of pine trees caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the trunk and kills the wood
A pine tree from Japan and Korea that has a wide, uneven top and is grown for its looks
A large pine tree from the southern United States with short needles in pairs or threes and reddish brown bark
- Australian
A tropical tree often planted for shade and wind protection with hard red wood
- US
A small pine tree with two long needles, dark peeling bark, and cones with sharp tips
- Specialized
A small pine tree that grows near the sea with twisted branches and can live in salty air
- Specialized
A pine tree that grows on the California coast with two or three needles per bundle
- UK
A low plant that lives one year with yellow flowers marked red and a faint pine smell
A small evergreen plant that looks like a tiny pine tree and grows on forest floors
- US
A small mouse-like animal that lives underground and eats plant roots in the eastern United States
- US
A large evergreen tree from northwestern North America also called Douglas fir with short needles and egg-shaped cones
- US
A large snake that does not have venom and lives in pine woods in the eastern United States
- Australian
A rare ancient Australian tree discovered in 1994 and once thought extinct
- Specialized
A pine tree from the northern California coast with two or three needles in each group
- Specialized
A tall pine tree from western North America with long blue-green needles in groups of three and large cones
- US
A tall pine tree with dark green needles in groups of two to five and thick dark bark when mature
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Etymology
Pine for the pale, useful wood comes from the same tree name pinus, so the timber is simply called 'pine' because it comes from the pine tree.