miro
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- noun
- New Zealand
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miro
- In New Zealand, the miro tree is known for its durable and attractive dark wood.
Examples
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Carpenters prefer miro for its strength and beautiful finish in woodworking projects.
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The builders used high-quality miro wood to create stunning interior furniture.
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Here's a lovely little miro.
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"After a while, Marja will need some hot, sweet miro," she muttered.
Fiction book (1996) -
They particularly enjoyed the works of Gaudi and Miro.
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Miro...
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Miro-mabby?
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Immediately after he asks Alberto to see what the weather is like, Alberto looks at Mariana: "Alberto la miro" (121).
Academic text (1997) -
Some Cubists (such as Picasso, Picabia, Miro, Ernst, Grosz, Heartfield, and Brauner) made use of waste in their collages.
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During the last century or so, some painters, having mastered the traditional methods, began to produce pictures that were more or less unrealistic, and some, such as Braque, Motherwell, Archipenko, Miro, and Gorky, abandoned traditional forms altogether and made images we now call abstract.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
A New Zealand evergreen tree called miro with dark wood used for furniture and indoor panels
A New Zealand evergreen tree with dark, strong wood used for furniture and indoor building
Surface Forms
Etymology
Miro comes from the Māori name for a native New Zealand evergreen tree. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine Māori forests and the tree's dark, warm wood used for furniture and panels, because miro refers to both the tree and its valuable wood.