fir

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/fɜː/

noun 6adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

dead, elder, little, live, lovely, pretty, resinous

VERB + FIR

decorates, decorating, dying, fill, isn't, makes, sighed, smell

FIR + NOUN

birch, cypress, evening, heaven, needles, pungent, scent, tree

PREP.

in, in, with

ADV.

almost, ardently, certainly, often

Definitions

noun

A conifer of the genus Abies.

A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.

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

we shall find a spot that is sheltered and snug enough, sir. There is a dry fir-wood just ahead, if I remember rightly.

I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.

Wood of such trees.

adj

Initialism of finite impulse response; that has impulse response (or response to any finite length input) of finite duration.

noun

Initialism of flight information region; a specified region of airspace in which a flight information service (FIS) and an alerting service (ALRS) are provided.

Initialism of first information report.

Abbreviation of far infrared or far infrared radiation.

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A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.

Wiktionary

we shall find a spot that is sheltered and snug enough, sir. There is a dry fir-wood just ahead, if I remember rightly.

Wiktionary

I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.

Wiktionary

Every family decorates a fir tree for the new year.

Tatoeba · #3751784

We are decorating the fir tree.

Tatoeba · #4748897

Fir trees are often used as Christmas trees.

Tatoeba · #5679179

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