Elm Definition

ĕlm
elms
noun
elms
Any of a genus (Ulmus) of tall, deciduous shade trees of the elm family, once widely planted as a lawn tree.
Webster's New World
Its hard, heavy wood.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Designating a family (Ulmaceae, order Urticales) of dicotyledonous trees growing largely in the North Temperate Zone.
Webster's New World
symbol

(metrology) Symbol for the exalumen, an SI unit of luminous flux equal to 1018 lumens.

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Other Word Forms of Elm

Noun

Singular:
elm
Plural:
elms

Origin of Elm

  • From Old English elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz (compare dialectal Low German Elm, dialectal German Ilm, Swedish alm), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem 'mountain elm' (compare Irish leamh, Latin ulmus, Albanian ulzë (“maple”)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English

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

Elm Sentence Examples

  • The elm is also scarce.

  • There, under the shadow of the elm trees which Bacon had planted, Pepys and his wife constantly walked.

  • The oak, elm, hazel, ash, apple, lime and maple disappear to the east of the Urals, but reappear in new varieties on the eastern slope of the border-ridge of the great plateau.

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

  • The chief trees of the country are the aspen (Populus tremuloides), the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), oak (Quercus alba), elm (Ulmus Americana), and many varieties of willow.

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Words Starting With

EELELM

Words Ending With

MLMELM

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Words Starting With E and Ending With M

Starts With E & Ends With MStarts With EL & Ends With MStarts With E & Ends With LM

Word Length

3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With E3 Letter Words Ending With M