Willow - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈwɪloʊ|
Brit.
|ˈwɪləʊ|
noun
- any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
- a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers
- a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers
Examples
...the dependent willow branches swayed in the gentle breeze...
We sat in the shade of a willow tree.
...the descendant branches of a weeping willow...
The path was overhung with willow trees.
...the whippy branches of a weeping willow...
not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
the pendulous branches of a weeping willow
she was slender as a willow shoot is slender
The interior was comparted by willow screens.
Word forms
noun
singular: willow
plural: willows
singular: willow
plural: willows