yule tree
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A yuletide decoration comprising a potted tree decorated with ribbons and religious symbols.
Example Sentences
- "Over the forest , over the towns swept the Christmas Angel. He bore folded in his shining robe the little Yule-tree."
- "There was no excited whispering among the children of gifts or of Yuletree."
- "The yuletree, a natural product of the forests, has been prevented from full growth, cut or transplanted, then prettified and decorated in a domestic environment, like Nora herself."
- "The house at the end of its black-paved drive was lit up like a Putchkin Yuletree."
- "PINE & FIR TREES–such as Spruce, Hemlock, Douglas and Fraser Fir, Scotch Pine and Cedar–are the most common and are perhaps the most generally known symbols of Yule today, as they are often used as Yule Trees."
- "It was from these beliefs that the custom of decorating Yule trees (now popularly known as Christmas trees) evolved."