white pine
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- noun
- /waɪt paɪn/
- US
:
pino blanco
- In the forest, we saw a majestic white pine standing tall among the other trees.
- eastern white pine
- white pine tree
- old white pines
Examples
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Under the shade of the trees stood a plantation house with tall fluted columns of white pine.
Fiction book (1998) -
Why were there so many white pines out in the center of the meadow, and why had no one cut them?
Fiction book (1995) -
But right here is the eastern white pine tucked right in behind that stone.
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When England came to America and discovered our forests, there were massive, huge white pine trees that were perfect for the masts of ships.
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But these are all white pine trees, basswood and popple.
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About 25 years ago, I built a trestle coffee table out of 8/4 clear white pine.
Blog text (7) -
Will had a knife in his jeans pocket, and he used it to slice branches of white pine from a row of trees in the field.
Fiction book (1999) -
Through stands of white pine, she caught glimpses of Locust Lake, the fog rising like steam.
Fiction book (1999) -
An antique white-pine china cabinet in the corner had been kicked in, the floor littered with broken dishes and shards of crystal.
Fiction book (1995) -
Ducking and scrambling, he fled to a bushy stand of white pine farther behind the mall.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
A tall pine tree from eastern North America with soft wood and brown bark
A tall pine tree that grows in eastern North America and gives wood used for building
A tall tree from eastern North America with long needles, soft wood, and brown bark with long cracks
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'white' (pale/color) modifies 'pine' (the tree or its wood), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a pale type of pine wood or pine tree. This follows a common adjective+noun pattern found across languages, making the expression immediately understandable from its parts.
Etymology
White pine is the name of a tree with a pale look: its long needles and young bark are light, almost 'white'. People used white and pine together to point to that tall, soft-wood 'tree'.