Christmas tree

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noun

an evergreen tree decorated at Christmas with ornaments and lights.

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

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

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Origin of Christmas tree

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Words nearby Christmas tree

Christmas seal, Christmas stocking, Christmassy, Christmastide, Christmastime, Christmas tree, Christo, Christocentric, Christoff, Christogram, Christology

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How to use Christmas tree in a sentence

Santa sits in front of a bauble-decorated Christmas tree, frosted blue windows, a large wooden nutcracker and flickering candles.
Even Santa Claus Prefers Working Remotely|Raisa Bruner|November 23, 2021|Time
In the wee hours of Christmas morning, a flight deal was shared in an exclusive Facebook group for urban travelers.
‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement|Charlise Ferguson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Plenty of Jewish kids today grow up with a Christmas tree next to their menorah.
Harry Potter and the Torah of Terror|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This is the first Christmas I can remember when the news was all about cops and race.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

So this is Christmas, as the song goes, and what have we done?
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And that was well before this Christmas, when he appeared to joke about Obama being a Muslim.
How James Woods Became Obama’s Biggest Twitter Troll|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This tiny person spent little or none of his time in the tree-tops, but chose to stay near the ground.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Each tiny tree was a plume of leaves; the rows stretched out to the hilltop, and over.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Wide and straight, well made and tree-lined throughout, it supplied the two great arteries of Indian life.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
He staggered along with much difficulty and managed to complete half of it by Christmas.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
I saw every crook in the fence, every rut in the road, every bush and tree long before we came to it.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd

British Dictionary definitions for Christmas tree

Christmas tree

noun

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

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

another name for pohutukawa

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