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ёлка — meaning in English

yolka

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English meaning

  • fir noun An evergreen conifer tree with needle-like leaves, or its wood.
  • spruce noun An evergreen conifer tree of the genus Picea, or its wood.

Senses

ёлка is used for these senses in English:

  • Christmas tree An evergreen tree (usually a conifer), or an artificial tree made to resemble this, which is typically decorated with lights and ornaments and often an angel or star at its tip, and used as a decoration during the Christmas holiday season.
  • fir (chiefly, countable) A conifer of the genus Abies.
  • spruce Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.

spruce — full definition

  1. noun An evergreen conifer tree of the genus Picea, or its wood.
  2. adj Neat, trim, and smartly dressed.
  3. verb To make neater or smarter in appearance, often used with "up".
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