Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Pertaining to or derived from trees; wooden; made of wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
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name
A village in St Levan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW3923).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A hamlet in Zennor parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4337).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A habitational surname from Cornish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
plural of tree
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, obsolete, plural
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noun
Household articles made of wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A large wooden platter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, countable, uncountable
Qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
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noun
A territorial division in the Isle of Man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Middle English treen, from Old English triewen, from Proto-Germanic *triwīnaz, equivalent to tree + -en. See trencher, truncher.
Anglicized form of Cornish Tredhin, a placename composed of the elements tre (“farmstead”) and din (“fort”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Equivalent to tree + -en.
