WILLOW


Meaning of WILLOW in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

pussy willow

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

tree

The gently wavering fronds of a willow tree .

She moved from one willow tree to the next, forcing them all to share the torment she endured.

It all began when a woman threatened to tie herself to a willow tree .

They stood under the willow trees , looking at the river.

On his Suffolk property Stuart Surridge grew willow trees .

There were darting birds in the willow tree overhead.

Yesterday we found a photograph, under the bushes behind the willow tree .

warbler

Robins, willow warblers , blackbirds, song thrushes, blue ties, great ties teased with their nearness - and invisibility.

Close by, a willow warbler flicked jauntily from one overhanging twig to the next.

The willow warbler is even prepared to assault a stuffed cuckoo head.

More bird song: willow warbler , wren, robin - all in the first few minutes.

We started to climb, accompanied by intermittent snatches of bird song: wood warbler , garden warbler and willow warbler.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

weeping willow/birch etc

When she reached the bushes, Geoffrey was spreading his jacket on the grass between the stream and a weeping willow.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Around us was a wilderness of grey dune-sand and Port Jackson willow , and a stench of garbage and ash.

He swallowed, knew that all he had for a voice box was a little whistle cut from a willow switch.

Her loud wails shattered the silence of the willow grove.

Madeiran willow , with its fine supple shoots, is never allowed to grow tall.

On his Suffolk property Stuart Surridge grew willow trees.

The gently wavering fronds of a willow tree.

The same road then continues down to the woolly bottomlands, thick with willow , along the San Pedro River.

They stood under the willow trees, looking at the river.

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