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treen

American  
[treen] / trin /

adjective

  1. made entirely of wood.


noun

  1. treenware.

treen British  
/ ˈtriːən /

adjective

  1. made of wood; wooden

"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

noun

  1. another name for treenware

  2. the art of making treenware

"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

Etymology

Origin of treen

First recorded before 1000; Middle English adjective trene, trein, Old English trēowen, triwen. tree, -en 2

Example Sentences

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Councilmember Kent Treen, the sole council member to vote against a development agreement for the Town Center project in December 2022, did not return requests for comment.

From Seattle Times

This year's Funniest Joke of the Fringe winner is Lorna Rose Treen with her one-liner about a zookeeper.

From BBC

Comedian Lorna Rose Treen was voted the winner with her pun: "I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah."

From BBC

Moran and Malchow, along with Councilmember Kent Treen, were in the minority vote against dropping the appeal.

From Seattle Times

Councilmember Karen Moran echoed Treen, and said in a later interview that releasing the information would be a liability to the city and pointless, because Rudat already has departed.

From Seattle Times