cedar
cedar
Definition
ce·dar (sē′dər)
noun
- any of a genus (Cedrus) of widespreading coniferous trees of the pine family, having clusters of needlelike leaves, cones, and durable wood with a characteristic fragrance, as the cedar of Lebanon (C. libani)
- any of various similar trees of other families, as certain kinds of juniper or thuja
- Spanish cedar
- the wood of any of these
Etymology: ME & OFr cedre < L cedrus < Gr kedros < ? IE base *ked-, to smoke, be sooty
adjective
of cedar
cedar
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: These woods include cedar, cherry, eucalyptus, fir, plum, plywood or spruce.
- devour: Top Chapter 11 1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
- find: He crossed the fourth mountain range, but his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars there.
- use: Native cedar was in short supply as early as 1620, and stone buildings were encouraged, using cedar for framing and trim.
- carve: We have a lovely carved cedar Four Poster bed, King Size and Super King beds or twin beds on request.
- breaketh: The voice of the lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
Adjective modifier
- western: All the timber used is either pressure treated western red cedar or oak.
- red: All the timber used is either pressure treated western red cedar or oak.
- tall: Here's gray light tall cedars, clear air, mountain streams.
- Western: With our commitment to excellence, we start with the finest Canadian Western red cedar.
- Japanese: Parallel experiments assessed the transmission of the light through thin sections of Japanese cedar.
- white: An attractive raised bed made of genuine rot-resistant white cedar, for under $ 100.
Modifies a noun
- cladding: I am quite keen on the idea of mixing cedar wood cladding with areas of render.
- shingle: An extension will be wooden too, roofed with cedar shingles.
- shaving: Many of the queries have been from the US and concern cedar shavings.
- chalet: Lodging cabins and condos at Mount Baker / Glacier, Washington Sleeps 6. 3 bedroom executive cedar chalet.
- wood: Soft fruit, firm cedar wood in the middle.
- pollen: Inducing oral tolerance relieves the allergic response to cedar pollen.
Noun used with modifier
cedar Quotes
Through breaks of the cedar and sycamore bowers Struggles the light that is love to the flowers; And, softer than slumber and sweeter than singing, The notes of the bell-birds are running and ringing. The silver-voiced bell-birds, the darlings of daytime! They sing in September their songs of the May-time.
Hark! ah, the Nightingale! The tawny-throated! Hark! from that moonlit cedar what a burst! What triumph! harköwhat pain!
Browse dictionary entries near cedar
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