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pine needle

noun

  1. the needlelike leaf of a pine tree.


pine needle

noun

  1. any of the fine pointed leaves of a pine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pine needle1

First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences

I carved through the pine needles and soft dirt on the UCSC campus as if I were aboard a mountain bike with 29-inch wheels.

We’ve thinned trees immediately around our home and keep our gutters clear of pine needles.

Weave smaller branches into the framework, then weatherproof the shelter by stacking green branches against it with the tapering ends slanted down, so that the pine needles or leaves direct runoff to the ground, instead of absorbing it.

You can use anything that traps air like leaves, grass, ferns, moss, pine needles, brush and tree boughs, and the material can be wet.

His whole weary frame was stretched upon the pine-needle carpet, the lines of his face were relaxed, and his eyes fast shut.

More showers than those of cakes and cookies, said Miss Mackin from the depths of her pine needle pillow.

Dont wake Mackey, giggled Louise, after Mackey had thrown a leaky pine needle pillow at her head.

Some slippery pine-needle slopes we had to run across, for light quick steps were the only means of safe travel.

Every little pine needle expanded and swelled with sympathy and befriended me.

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