Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cottonwood
IPA transcription: [k'ɑtənw,ʊd]
Pronunciations of cottonwood
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: white_basswood, cottonwood, Tilia_heterophylla
    Meaning: American basswood of the Allegheny region
  • Synonyms: cottonwood
    Meaning: any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed
Usage examples
  • There are no evergreen trees here, only cottonwood.
  • By dint of cutting down cottonwood trees and gathering the bark and branches for fodder, they managed to prevent them from dying of starvation.
  • If his sisters or their friends happened to be among the onlookers on "popular nights," Sylvester stood back in the shadow under the cottonwood trees, smoking and watching Lena with a harassed expression.
  • Before taking the back track, however, they had halted, and stayed some time in the same place--under the branches of a spreading cottonwood. The turf, much trampled around the trunk of the tree, was evidence of this.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of the Grand Canyon area, License CC BY-SA 4.0