Elm
[elm] or [ɛlm]
Definition
(noun.) any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees.
(noun.) hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture.
Checker: Ronnie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva.
Editor: Nolan
Definition
n. a genus of trees of the natural order Ulmace with serrated leaves unequal at the base and small flowers growing in clusters appearing before the leaves.—adjs. Elm′en made of elm; Elm′y abounding with elms.
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Examples
- There were two guides given us to start with, an oak and an elm. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was no lingering among the old elm-trees now--no cheering anticipations of happiness yet in store. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That must have been difficult, Holmes, when the elm was no longer there. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Caliphronas burst out laughing, and, putting his hands behind his head, leant back against the trunk of the elm. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And the shadow of the elm must mean the farther end of the shadow, otherwise the trunk would have been chosen as the guide. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then I took two lengths of a fishing-rod, which came to just six feet, and I went back with my client to where the elm had been. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mrs. Bute at the parsonage nightly looked out to see if the sky was red over the elms behind which the Hall stood, and the mansion was on fire. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A bubbling spring prattles over stones on one side, and a plantation of a few elms and beeches, hardly deserve, and yet continue the name of wood. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mingled grass and corn grew in her plains, the unpruned vines threw their luxuriant branches around the elms. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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