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Antonyms for spruce

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sproos
Phonetic Transcription : sprus

Definition of spruce

Origin :
  • "evergreen tree," 1660s, from spruse (adj.) "made of spruce wood" (early 15c.), literally "from Prussia," from Spruce, Sprws (late 14c.), unexplained alterations of Pruce "Prussia," from an Old French form of Prussia. Spruce seems to have been a generic term for commodities brought to England by Hanseatic merchants (beer, board, leather, see spruce (v.)), and the tree was believed to have come from Prussia.
  • adj stylish, neat
Example sentences :
  • Along the edge of the green pines and spruce were lavender asters.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Struts (also of spruce, as is all the framework) are elliptical in shape.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • The air was fragrant with spruce and pine and faint, aromatic wintergreen.
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • Pour sixteen gallons of warm water into a barrel, with twelve pounds of molasses, and half a pound of the essence of spruce.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • It is found on dead pine, spruce, balsam, and other conifers.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • I presume it will be found wherever the spruce tree is a native.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • That's why you are become so well-dressed, Horatio; I wondered how you came to spruce up so!
  • Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
  • It was said that all the dogs retired to the nests of spruce bough; it should have been all but one.
  • Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck
  • This is why the leaves of the spruce, the pine, and the juniper are always green.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Nature Myths » by Florence Holbrook
  • She crouched on her cot of spruce boughs in anguished misery.
  • Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day

Synonyms for spruce

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