sapling
15
2.7
- noun
- /ˈsæplɪŋ/
- This is just a young sapling.
- tree saplings
- young saplings
- sapling growth
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Watch on YouTubeThat tree was a sapling before the pyramids.
- That tree was a sapling before the pyramids.
- How do we nurture the seeds and saplings so as to spare them from that same diseased state?
- But a newly planted bare root tree is not quite the same as a young little sapling that started growing.
- Imagine of all of the big Redwood trees had been cut and all we had were saplings left.
- And so to the Admiralty commissioned William Bligh to take the ship Bounty to Tahiti to collect breadfruit saplings to be transported to the West Indies.
- Myth of Resurrection A Maple sapling sprouts erect amidst a snarling tangle of bare branches as I wait for the droops to uncoil.
Examples
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A sapling cannot grow in the shadow of a mighty oak, Francis.
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Both of them planted identical saplings on their respective side of the compound wall.
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And I know the coming fall will see me stake that sapling to the ground.
Fiction book (1994) -
Next to them was a sapling, with dark, freshly turned earth at its base.
Fiction book (1990) -
"I remember when that tree in your backyard was a sapling," Jameson said.
Fiction book (1994) -
That poor little sapling.
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As their love blossomed, they eventually were blessed with nine fine, young saplings.
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There wasn't enough light for the young saplings, and they stood like upright tree skeletons.
Fiction book (1995) -
The newcomer carried a bundle of slender wooden saplings the right size for fashioning spears.
Fiction book (1994) -
The gardener carefully watered the young sapling every day to help it grow strong.
Synonyms
How Young
20
2.8
- UK
1
7.0
15
2.7
∞
1.0
2
2.6
- Specialized
13
6.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sapling comes from sap ('the plant's juice' or 'life') plus the ending -ling meaning 'young' or 'small', like in duckling or seedling. So a sapling is a young, small tree that still has the living 'sap' and is starting to grow.