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🌳 Made of wood 🥄 Wooden object
treen

treen

9.9
Small wooden household objects like spoons or bowls used in the past
  • noun
  • /trɪn/
  • Archaic
translation icon : utensilios de madera
  • She inherited a set of beautifully carved treen utensils from her grandmother.

Examples

  • She collected antique treen from various countries.

  • The museum's collection of treen includes wooden bowls, spoons, and boxes from the 17th century.

  • Collectors often search for rare pieces of treen at antique fairs and markets.

  • The museum displayed several pieces of treen.

  • The antique shop had an impressive collection of treen items, including bowls and spoons used in everyday cooking.

  • In the museum, visitors can see treen utensils that were commonly used in kitchens over a hundred years ago.

  • She prefers treen products for her kitchen, believing they add a rustic charm to her cooking routine.

Synonyms

woodenware
vstreen
6.5

Household items made of wood, like bowls and spoons

refers to small household wooden items often from earlier times

How Old-Fashioned

antique
118 5.2
treen
  • Archaic
9.9

Surface Forms

treen singular
treens plural

Etymology

Treen comes from the word tree ('wood') and first meant things 'made of wood'; over time it became the name for small wooden household objects like spoons and bowls. So treen as a noun refers to those little wooden utensils and boxes.