1 | noun | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms 2 | noun | a figure that branches from a single root 3 | verb | force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape 4 | verb | plant with trees 5 | verb | chase an animal up a tree 6 | verb | stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree (6 meanings)

tr'ee (IPA: trˈi)

tree (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

1783 (Industrial Revolution | Georgian era) (243 years ago)

Old English |

written: 1594th most common (1 in 15385 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb)

spoken: 1217th most common (1 in 20408 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

trees | treed | treeing

corner | shoetree

aalii | acacia | Acrocarpus fraxinifolius | Adenanthera pavonina | Aegiceras majus | African sandalwood | African walnut | albizia | albizzia | alder | alder tree | Alstonia scholaris | amboyna | American olive | Andaman marble | ... (total: 457)

ligneous plant | woody plant | plane figure | two-dimensional figure | channelise | channelize | direct | guide | head | maneuver | manoeuver | manoeuvre | point | steer | plant | ... (total: 26)

absentee | addressee | adoptee | agree | amputee | appointee | b | banshee | be | bee | bourgeoisie | c | conferee | curie | d | ... (total: 99) (based on typical American pronunciation)

Cree | free | thee | three | trek | trey | true | twee (total: 8)

(none among common words)

akee tree | allspice tree | almond tree | American angelica tree | anchovy pear tree | apple tree | apricot tree | Australian grass tree | avocado tree | banana tree | ... (total: 327)

Tree (US population: 640 people, white: 74%)

Tea Tree Gully (South Australia, Australia)

Lone Tree (Colorado, 14253 people) | Joshua Tree (California, 6489 people) | Green Tree (Pennsylvania, 4941 people) | Marked Tree (Arkansas, 2286 people) | Lone Tree (Iowa, 1357 people) | ... (total: 13)

One Tree Peak (United States, 7090 ft)

Big Tree (Conrad Buff, Mary Buff) | The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein) | The Singing Tree (Kate Seredy) | Tree of Freedom (Rebecca Caudill) | The Tree of Heaven (May Sinclair) | ... (total: 8)

The Magic Pear Tree | The Learning Tree | The Juniper Tree | The Hanging Tree | The Family Tree | ... (total: 9)

tree.com | Tree.net | tree.org | Tree.biz

Alder or elder | Ancestry record | Apple or maple | Apple or pear, e.g. | Arbor Day honoree | Arboreal creature with sticky feet | Arboreal locale | Arboretum item | Arboretum sight | Arborist's concern | Balsam, e.g. | Beech or birch | ... (total: 117) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

4 (International English) | 4 (North American English)

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