Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: willow
IPA transcription: [w'ɪl,oʊ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: willow, willow_tree
    Meaning: any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
Usage examples
  • Soon he stumbled upon thickly strewn dry willow sticks.
  • For a short time it was a most pleasant pastime to smoke willow bark and to eat from the magic bags.
  • Fearing lest it should be a wolf, she hid herself in the hollow trunk of a willow tree which hung over the fountain.
  • Julia Cloud led her out to the upper porch with its rush rugs, willow chairs, and table, and its stone wall crowned with blooming plants and trailing vines.
  • Monte Cristo looked for the entrance to the enclosure, and was not long in finding a little wooden gate, working on willow hinges, and fastened with a nail and string.
  • We had sham fights with mud balls and willow wands; we played lacrosse, made war upon bees, shot winter arrows (which were used only in that season), and coasted upon the ribs of animals and buffalo robes.
  • The Washechu (white men) were coming in great numbers with their big guns, and while most of our men were fighting them to gain time, the women and the old men made and equipped the temporary boats, braced with ribs of willow.
  • The pirates tugged at their oars with might and main, passing within oar's length of the wreck of the first boat, when they again raised a furious yell, straining away at their stout ash blades until they made them bend like willow wands.
  • My mother went to the spring in the morning for a pail of water, and on looking up into the willow tree which shaded the bubbling crystal stream, she discovered the lifeless form of her brother suspended beneath one of the strong branches.
  • First of all Carrie Sloane dared Ruby Gillis to climb to a certain point in the huge old willow tree before the front door; which Ruby Gillis, albeit in mortal dread of the fat green caterpillars with which said tree was infested and with the fear of her mother before her eyes if she should tear her new muslin dress, nimbly did, to the discomfiture of the aforesaid Carrie Sloane.