Synonyms for fir

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fur

Phonetic Transcription : fɜr

Définition of fir

Origin : 14c.; Old English had furhwudu "pine wood," but the modern word is more likely from Old Norse fyri- "fir" or Old Danish fyr, all from Proto-Germanic *furkhon (cf. Old High German foraha, German Föhre "fir"), from PIE root *perkos, originally "oak" (cf. Sanskrit paraktah "the holy fig tree," Hindi pargai "the evergreen oak," Latin quercus "oak," Lombardic fereha "a kind of oak").

noun evergreen

Example sentences :

So he took a bough of fir, thick-set with little twigs, and tied the kill on that.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

Then the vine and the snowdrop wept, and the pine-tree and the fir were very sad.
Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field

With the pointer in his hand he touched the star at the apex of the fir.
Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen

We wandered about in the fir wood, and at last came to a pause and rested.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

These plants are found on pine and fir trunks and on sawdust heaps.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

But for all that he only named two trees, for fir and Scotch fir are both the same.
Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

He had carefully investigated the alley of fir branches from the outside.
Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts

A splinter of fir was burning in the cresset, and the fire was lighted in the stove.
Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston

Sonachan gave a grunt, and thumped loudly on the fir boards.
Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

All about the green square mound the trees are thick—laurel, fir, and yew.
Extract from : « Parsifal » by H. R. Haweis

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