fir
noun
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
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fir
1 American
[fur]
/ fɜr /
noun
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firs
plural
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any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
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the wood of such a tree.
FIR
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American
abbreviation
fir
British
/ fɜː /
noun
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any pyramidal coniferous tree of the N temperate genus Abies , having single needle-like leaves and erect cones: family Pinaceae See also red fir silver fir balsam fir
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any of various other trees of the family Pinaceae , such as the Douglas fir
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the wood of any of these trees
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Etymology
Origin of fir
1250–1300; Middle English firre, Old English fyrh; cognate with Old Saxon furie; akin to Old English furh- (in fuhrwudu pine), Old Norse fura fir, Latin quercus oak (< *perkwu- )
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A $5 permit, a hike through the snow, and a glorious Douglas fir we covered in lights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Ford’s fir and birch-burners are radiant examples of human-made art triumphing over digital manufacture.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
Forest is more valuable there than in the South due to high prices for logs from Douglas fir trees that often are exported to Asia.
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
The gentle slopes of Ukraine's Carpathian mountains, smothered in brilliant green spruce and fir trees, stretch into the distance.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
I left the concrete path and shimmied through an opening in the dense bushes that led to deeper green—tall elm, fir, and birch standing together.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But passenger jets traversing Cyprus’ FIR have received differing flight instructions, leading to “confusion and misunderstanding” among pilots although the risk of an accident is extremely remote, according to Europe’s air safety agency.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2023
The image shows shock layers around the FIR 4 region as well as the outflow from the baby star.
From Space Scoop ● Feb. 20, 2023
I had filed an FIR in May with you, but you’ve done absolutely nothing.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2022
The SHO of the police station said that since the donkey’s name is also in the FIR, it cannot be released.”
From Fox News ● Jun. 9, 2020
FIR High o'er the lordly oak I stand, And drive him on from land to land.
From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by William Morris
The goal was to investigate a famous group of giant Taiwania firs known as the 'Chilan Three Sisters'.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Would retaining a subset of old firs help new ones to thrive?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Across the river on a span built by Romans and following the path through firs and beech, we soon reach a bend where the Irati turns back south.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
One of his firs rules: “Always have class.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
The loggers had had their pick of the virgin timber still growing along that section of the Dungeness— towering Douglas firs and massive western red cedars.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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