🌳 Made of wood 🥄 Wooden object

treen

9.6

Made of wood, often describing small household items

adjective
/trɪn/

Archaic

: de madera

She bought a beautiful treen box at the antique market.

Examples

Many traditional kitchens used treen utensils for everyday cooking.
The museum displayed a collection of treen spoons and bowls from the 18th century.
Wow! Look at that treen sculpture!
I love the treen texture of this bowl.
The museum displayed a collection of treen spoons and bowls from the 18th century.
Many traditional kitchens used treen utensils for everyday cooking.
She bought a beautiful treen box at the antique market.

Synonyms

wooden

vstreen

293 1.0

Made of wood

refers specifically to small household objects and utensils rather than any object made of wood

woody

vstreen

4 3.9

Made of wood or tasting like wood

focuses on small household utensils rather than general material or quality

oaken

vstreen

1 6.7

Made of oak wood

applies to small household items regardless of the exact wood type used

cedarn

vstreen

Archaic

9.9

Made from cedar wood

covers small household utensils without specifying a particular wood species

beechen

vstreen

9.9

Made from beech wood

describes small household objects generally, not limited to one timber species

Surface Forms

treen positive

Morphology

treen = tree (semi-transparent) = tree + en

Formed from 'tree' + the adjectival suffix '-en' meaning 'made of', but the word is archaic/rare and learners may expect 'wooden' rather than 'treen'.

Etymology

Treen comes from the old word tree ('wood') plus a small ending -en that meant 'made of', so it originally meant 'made of wood'. That's why treen as an adjective describes something that is wooden, often for small household items.