spruce
IPA: sprˈus
noun
- 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.
- (uncountable) The wood of a spruce.
- (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.
- (obsolete) Prussian leather; pruce.
- (obsolete) Prussia.
- A surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Caledonia Township, Alcona County, Michigan.
- A township in Roseau County, Minnesota, named for spruce trees there.
- An unincorporated community in Bates County, Missouri.
- A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
verb
- (usually with up) To arrange neatly; tidy up.
- (transitive, intransitive, usually with up) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
- To tease.
adjective
- (comparable) Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).
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Examples of "spruce" in Sentences
- The most common tree found is the Maple and Spruce.
- More common species in the area are Alder and Spruce.
- The bark beetle is eating the spruce forests of Alaska.
- The blue spruce is the State Tree of Utah and Colorado.
- The spars and ribs were made of spruce strips and plywood.
- Pulpwood traffic increased as smaller spruce trees were harvested.
- The few natural stands of spruce and pine and alder are safeguarded.
- The diagram includes the Spruce Goose, and clearly shows the wingspan.
- Native Americans used the flexible roots of white spruce for basketry.
- Other trees include the bur oak, the Black Hills spruce, and the cottonwood.