piny

American  

[pahy-nee] / ˈpaɪ ni /

Or piney

adjective

pinier, piniest

1. abounding in or covered with pine trees.

   piny hillsides.

2. pertaining to or suggestive of pine trees.

   a piny fragrance.

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piny British  

/ ˈpaɪnɪ /

adjective

1. of, resembling, or covered with pine trees

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Etymology

Origin of piny

First recorded in 1620–30; pine ¹ + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

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piny

Zoologist Bivouacked in the piny hills near the Han early last week, the 25th Division had its hands full digging in for the expected Chinese assault.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was hoping to leave in a fortnight with his daughter Indira for the cool, piny forests of Uttar Pradesh, there to sleep under the stars, ride ponies, climb mountains and go boating.

From Time Magazine Archive

In & out of the piny mountain country on Nicaragua's northern flank, armed, machete-toting men filtered mysteriously.

From Time Magazine Archive

All but 300 marchers were to drop back at a point 17 miles out of Selma, where the highway narrows to a two-lane, 20-mile strip of piny woods and dismal marshes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Silently we all turned down into the soft, padded path that ran along the piny shore of our little college lake.

From The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

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