piney
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- adjective
- /ˈpaɪni/
:
resinoso
- "A warm piney wind blew in Crane's face.
- piney scent
- piney smell
- piney aroma
Examples
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Outside, the crickets were going mad, an almost deafening sound, and the air was piney and sweet.
Fiction book (1996) -
A piney aroma lingers in the air throughout the epoxy-coated steel interior of Land Recovery, Inc.'s newly opened "compost factory" just south of Tacoma, Washington.
Academic text (1999) -
l say they got a piney taste, almost minty.
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Perley went up in the mountains and cut a big piney tree this morning.
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It's bitter and piney and somehow comforting.
Fiction book (1990) -
When it was time for her appointment, Topaz and her mother went to a glass building and up an escalator to a room where there was a sharp piney smell and a lot of people waiting.
Fiction book (1999) -
"I'm going to be more understanding and thoughtful," Dazzle would assure himself, performing his ablutions in the piney-smelling creek.
Fiction book (1999) -
The wooden houses have a cool, piney fragrance inside.
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Frigid air and swirling snow blasted the inner cabin and brought with them the piney smells of the forest.
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When I breathe in the piney air at home in the Rocky Mountains, I recall Stang's joy outdoors.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Informal
A smell or feeling like pine trees that makes a place feel fresh like winter
How Piney
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Piney comes from the simple word pine (the tree) plus the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'having'. So something described as piney literally has the smell or taste of pine trees.