maple

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   wood of any of various maple trees

   especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple

2. 2
   noun

   A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.

   They have a large maple in their yard.

3. 3
   noun

   Wood of such a tree, valued for its hardness and attractive appearance.

   This table is made of maple and also has some fruitwood inlays.

4. 4
   noun

   The flavor of such a tree's sap, or an imitation of that flavor.

   A: Mmm, this one is strawberry! What flavor is yours? B: This one is maple! I wonder if any of them will turn out to be pineapple!

5. 5
   name

   Clipping of MapleStory.

   i'm asking these questions for my friend who has mac, and i want him to be able to play maple.

6. 6
   noun

   any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs

7. 7
   name

   A surname.

8. 8
   name

   An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

Etymology

From Middle English mapel, from Old English *mapul (attested in mapultrēow and mapulder), from Proto-West Germanic *mapul. See also Old Saxon mapulder, Old High German mazaltra, mazzaltra; also Old Norse mǫpurr, Middle Low German mapeldorn, dialectal Dutch meppel, German Masseller, Maßholder; also Old English mæsen (“maple”), Old Norse mǫsurr (“maple”), German Maser (“knob, offshoot”); also German Mase (“scar”), modern Maser (“speck, measle”). More at measles.