Willow

Quick meaning: Willow is a noun meaning The wood of these trees.

Meaning

The wood of these trees.

More Meanings

1. (cricket, colloquial) A cricket bat.
2. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The baseball bat.
3. A rotating spiked drum used to open and clean cotton heads.
4. (transitive) To open and cleanse (cotton, flax, wool, etc.) by means of a willow.
5. (intransitive) To form a shape or move in a way similar to the long, slender branches of a willow.
6. Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.

Example Sentences

By old age she was emaciated, the bones jutting out of her face and her figure frail as a willow branch.

The pounded leaves of the willow, drunk in a concoction, were formerly reputed to diminish amatory desires.

It was floating a foot under the surface. The eyes were holes. The mouth was a slit cavern of darkness. The hair willowed around the scalp.

And willows, willow-herb, and grass, / And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, / No whit less still and lonely fair / Than the high cloudlets in the sky.

Word Forms

• willows
• willowing
• willowed

Synonyms for willow

Depending on context, synonyms include withy.

Related Words

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