shade tree
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shade tree
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Example Sentences
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One sunny afternoon in August, Charles Lewis, a retired store clerk, sat in a folding chair under a solitary shade tree and watched a steady stream of cars and trucks rush past him on Century.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
With no screens or cell phones to take our attention, we ‘worked’ outside in the back of a pickup under a shade tree with a big fan that kept the gnats away.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025
At that size, it makes a great shade tree.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2021
On many a street corner, often under a shade tree, stood what looked like a dollhouse on stilts.
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2019
At noon, when everything closed up, she sat under a shade tree in the square and fed the pieces of the pastry she’d bought to the pigeons.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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