Maple Definition

māpəl
maples
noun
Any of a large genus (Acer) of trees of the maple family, grown for wood, sap, or shade.
Webster's New World
The hard, closegrained, light-colored wood of such a tree, used for furniture, flooring, etc.
Webster's New World
The reddish-yellow or yellowish color of the finished wood.
Webster's New World
The flavor of maple syrup or of the sugar made from this.
Webster's New World
adjective
Designating a family (Aceraceae, order Sapindales) of dicotyledonous trees and a few shrubs, characterized by opposite, often lobed leaves, small clusters of flowers, and two-winged fruits.
Webster's New World
Of or made of maple.
Webster's New World
Flavored with maple.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Maple

Noun

Singular:
maple
Plural:
maples

Origin of Maple

  • Old English mapultrēow and mapulder, from Proto-Germanic *mapulaz (compare Old Saxon mapulder, Old High German mazaltra, mazzaltra; Old Icelandic möpurr, Middle Low German mapeldorn, dialectal Dutch meppel, German Masseller, Maßholder), perhaps a blend of *masuraz 'knob; maple-tree' (compare Old Icelandic mösurr 'maple', Low German/German Maser 'knob, offshoot') and *apulaz 'apple' (see apple), from *masam 'lump, knob' (compare obsolete German Mase 'scar', modern Maser 'speck, measle'). More at measles.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English mapul- (as in mapultrēo maple tree)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Maple Sentence Examples

  • Massive maple trees shaded back and front.

  • I think the wind blew that old maple over.

  • In the rest of Italy the elm and the maple are the trees mainly employed as supports.

  • South of the southern limit indicated, in the midland district of the great lakes, the oak (Quercus pedunculata) appears as well as pine and fir; and, as much of this area is under cultivation, many other trees have been introduced, as the ash, maple, elm and lime.

  • All trees were long little thought of in comparison with the pine, but of late years poplar and spruce have proved of great value in the making of paper pulp, and hard-wood (oak, beech, ash, elm, certain varieties of maple) is becoming increasingly valuable for use in flooring and the making of furniture.

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Words Starting With

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ELEPLE

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