fir

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an evergreen conifer, especially a tree of the genus Abies with needlelike leaves and upright cones

   A tall fir stood at the edge of the snow-covered forest.

2. 2
   noun

   the wood of a fir tree or of certain similar conifers

   The shelves were made from pale, straight-grained fir.

From Middle English firre and Old English fyrh, from a Proto-Germanic name for a pine or fir. Cognates include German Fohre and Danish fyr. English now uses fir most precisely for trees of the genus Abies, though compounds such as Douglas fir name similar conifers.

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