Fir

Word FIR
Character 3
Hyphenation fir
Pronunciations /fɪɹ/

Definitions and meanings of "Fir"

What do we mean by fir?

Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies, having linear flattened needles and erect cones with deciduous scales. noun

Any of several similar or related trees, such as the Douglas fir. noun

The wood of any these trees. noun

The she-balsam or Fraser fir, Abies Fraseri, of the more southern Appalachian Mountains. noun

Same as alpine fir. noun

Same as Shasta fir. noun

The Douglas spruce. noun

Same as Algerian fir. noun

Same as bristle-cone fir. noun

Same as grand fir. noun

Same as Fraser fir. noun

Same as white fir. noun

Same as Shasta fir. noun

Abies amabilis, distinguished as red silver fir. noun

Abies Pichta, sometimes called Siberian silver fir. noun

The king-pine, Abies Webbiana, often called Webb's silver fir. See king-pine, under pine. noun

Same as grand fir. noun

Same as lovely fir. noun

A coniferous tree, properly of the genus Abies, in distinction from the spruce (Picea): a term also applied, more loosely, to trees of other genera, as Picea and Pinus. See Abies. noun

A conifer of the genus Abies.

Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).

Wood of such trees.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fir

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The word "fir" in example sentences

Thomas vifcount Duplin; lord William Rofs; fir Hugh Dalrymple, prefident of the feflion - 9 Adam Cockburn of Ormiften, lord juftice clerk; fir Ro - bert Dundas of Armiftoun; 'Robert Stewart of Tillicultrie, lords of the feflion; Mr. Francis Montgomery, one of the commiflioners of the trea - fury; fir David Dalrymple, one of her majefty's folicitors • fir Alexander Ogilvy, receiver general; fir Patrick Johntton, provoft of Edinburgh 5 fir* ❋ Unknown (1770)

John Clark for The Wall Street Journal A nylon rope, anchored to the top of a 500-year-old, 250-foot Douglas fir, is the only thing that keeps climbers from falling. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cheney for president ... what a great idea ... and Palin fir vp ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

The bark of the Douglas fir is likewise rich in tannin. ❋ Unknown (1907)

Menzie's spruce will likewise replace white pine in the manufacture of doors and window sashes, and already Douglas fir is imported into Ontario and Quebec for structural purposes. ❋ Unknown (1907)

The Douglas fir is the staple species of the forests of British Columbia. ❋ Unknown (1907)

I don’t for the life of me know why they call fir a softwood. ❋ William Kent Krueger (2001)

The swirling is called a fir "firenado," basically a tornado on the ground with the smoke and flames shooting up from inside of it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Laura Bush will receive the 20-foot Frazier fir, which is being trucked in from Ashe County, North Carolina. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The fir is the sole tree which is decreed for ever to subsist. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The Swedes call the fir "the scorbutick tree" to this day. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

I am not surprised at their consternation, for many of the houses are entirely built of fir, which is very inflammable; and a fire must bring a very fearful catastrophe to such a crowded town as Gottenborg where you can shake hands from an attic window with your opposite neighbour. ❋ William A. Ross (N/A)

The most important tree of the upper forest belt is the fir, which is found growing from five thousand to nearly nine thousand feet above sea-level. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The only things that held their own individuality were the firs -- for the fir is the tree of mystery and shadow, and yields never to the encroachments of crude radiance. ❋ Unknown (1915)

The joists overhead were piled with seasoned wood, and long bundles of thin, dry fir, which is used for torches during the winter darkness. ❋ Bayard Taylor (1851)

Besides the oak, I have also been shown pieces of fossil wood of a paler colour, and softer nature, which the inhabitants called fir: but, upon a nice examination, and trial by fire, I could discover nothing resinous in them, and therefore rather suppose that they were parts of a willow or alder, or some such aquatic tree. ❋ Gilbert White (1756)

U.G.L.Y. is an acronym fir Understanding, Generous, Lovable, You. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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