noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deciduous , evergreen
▪ coniferous
▪ native
▪ exotic , tropical
▪ ornamental
▪ forest , woodland ( esp. BrE )
▪ big , giant , great , high , huge , large , massive , mighty , tall
▪ low , small , stunted
▪ mature
▪ old , young
▪ bare , leafless
▪ shady
▪
We sat beneath a shady ~.
▪ shade
▪
It was a small town of dust lanes and wide shade ~s.
▪ hollow
▪ gnarled
▪
a gnarled old apple ~
▪ fallen
▪
A fallen ~ was blocking the road.
▪ dead
▪ fruit
▪ apple , cherry , maple , peach , pear , etc.
▪ beech , oak , palm , pine , willow , etc.
▪ Christmas
… OF TREES
▪ clump , copse , grove
▪ avenue ( esp. BrE ), belt ( esp. BrE ), line
VERB + TREE
▪ grow , plant
▪ climb
▪ chop down , cut down , fell
▪
Protesters formed a human blockade to stop loggers felling ~s.
▪ uproot
▪
The floods left a tide of mud and uprooted ~s.
▪ prune
▪ be shaded by
TREE + VERB
▪ grow
▪ stand
▪
An enormous oak ~ stands at the entrance to the school.
▪ line sth , surround sth
▪
Palm ~s line the broad avenue.
▪ sway
▪
Trees swayed gently in the breeze.
▪ be blown down , blow down , fall
▪ bear sth , produce sth
▪
The ~ produces tiny white blossoms.
▪ provide sth
TREE + NOUN
▪ bark , branch , leaves , limb , root , stump , trunk
▪ tops (usually treetops )
▪ canopy
▪
dappled shafts of light which struggled through the ~ canopy
▪ cover
▪
Tree cover would prevent further soil erosion.
▪ felling , planting
▪ trimmer
▪ species
▪ line (usually treeline )
▪
Above the treeline, take a grassy path leading steeply to the summit.
▪ belt
▪
The ~ belt around the fields acts as a windbreak.
▪ growth
▪ rings
▪
The forest can be dated by studying ~ rings.
▪ damage
▪
~ damage caused by acid rain
▪ nursery
▪
He bought tools and seeds with the aim of setting up a ~ nursery.
▪ surgeon
▪ hugger (usually tree-hugger ) (= sb who is anxious to protect the environment) ( disapproving , humorous )
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
a bird in a ~
▪ on a/the ~
▪
fruit on a ~
▪ under a ~
▪
We sat under a ~, in the shade.
▪ up a/the ~
▪
The cat got stuck up a ~.