aspen
/ˈæspən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.43 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the aspen tree.
noun
A poplar tree, especially of section Populus sect. Populus, of medium-size trees with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.
name
A ski-resort town, the county seat of Pitkin County, Colorado.
name
Example Sentences
- "And then poore Aspen wretch, neglected thou / Bath'd in a cold quicksilver sweat wilt lye / A veryer ghost than I […]."
- "Above a certain elevation, the aspens gave way to scrubby, gnarled pines."
- "ſtaggering like a quiuering Aſpen leafe, Fearing the force of Boreas boiſtrous blaſts."
- "Instead there were the white of aspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves[…]."
- "The beloved aspen forests that shimmer across mountainsides of the American West could be doomed if emissions of greenhouse gases continue at a high level, scientists warned on Monday. […] The new paper analyzed the drought and heat that killed millions of aspens in Colorado and nearby states a decade ago."
- "She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which to make a wicker basket."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: aspen, æspen, æspan, æspe
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
American aspen
aspen leaf blotch miner moth
bigtooth aspen
Canadian aspen
Chinese aspen
Eurasian aspen
European aspen
Japanese aspen