Christmas tree

noun

1. an evergreen tree decorated at Christmas with ornaments and lights.

2. a control board or panel containing a variety of colored lights for indicating the status of various functions, elements, components, etc.

3. an elaborate arrangement of pipes, valves, etc., as for controlling the flow of oil or gas.

Christmas tree

noun

1. an evergreen tree or an imitation of one, decorated as part of Christmas celebrations

2. Also called: Christmas bush. any of various trees or shrubs flowering at Christmas and used for decoration

3. another name for pohutukawa

Word History and Origins

Origin of Christmas tree¹

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Example Sentences

His back would have lit up like a Christmas tree.

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He testified in Congress many times saying he was afraid that, with the death tax, his family was going to have to sell the Christmas tree farm.

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Chenoweth, who is as gleaming as a holiday ornament on Liberace’s Christmas tree, arrives at a canny balance of quixotic generosity and parvenu carelessness in her portrayal of a woman she refuses to lampoon.

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A Christmas tree over 30 metres tall and 7.5 tons in weight is erected on Place Kleber in Strasbourg, eastern France, ahead of its traditional Christmas market.

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“She said, ‘I love that Christmas tree’ and asked me if I knew anybody who decorates.

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