Christmas tree

noun

plural Christmas trees
1
: a usually evergreen tree decorated at Christmas
2
: an oil-well control device consisting of an assembly of fittings placed at the top of the well
3
drag racing : a set of paired colored lights arranged in two columns on a vertical pole in front of the starting line and used for starting a race
Lights on top of the Christmas tree tell the drivers to enter the staging area. Larger yellow lights mean, "get ready." The green light means "go!"Lori Polydoros

Examples of Christmas tree in a Sentence

We hung the lights on the Christmas tree.
Recent Examples on the Web The longtime couple got engaged in 2019, with Nichols proposing at New York City's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in December. Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024 Meridian’s official Christmas tree will be lit in Generations Plaza following the parade. Michelle Jenkins, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 The couple's Christmas trees also go to the goats when they're done with them. Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024 While Eastern Air Lines has long been associated with Miami, until 1975, its headquarters was in Rockefeller Center, where the famous Christmas tree is lit every year and is the home for NBC, including the set for the Today Show and Saturday Night Live. Doug Gollan, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024 The Downtown Detroit Partnership opened Campus Martius Park in 2004 and today is home to the city's Christmas tree each year, winter ice skating, summertime concerts and movie nights, along with a restaurant and children's play area. Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2024 There’s the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony, to which townspeople are summoned with the bell that used to call mill hands to work. Jillian Atelsek, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024 The son of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, he was raised in a religious neighborhood in Brooklyn and never had a Christmas tree, natural or artificial, in boyhood. Sam Roberts, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024 In the snaps, her three kids posed with their family and dad Hemsworth, snowboarding down the slopes and gathering together for a card game in front of the Christmas tree. Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of Christmas tree was in 1826

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“Christmas tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Christmas%20tree. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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Christmas tree

noun
: a usually evergreen tree decorated at Christmas

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