Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: yew
IPA transcription: [j'u]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: yew
    Meaning: any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
  • Synonyms: yew
    Meaning: wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
Usage examples
  • Once before--on Sunday, the day after Nita Selim's murder, when he had come to interview Lydia Carr and had secured the alibi which had eliminated Dexter Sprague as a suspect--Dundee had driven his car up this hill between the tall yew hedges.