different between shrub vs espalier
shrub
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: shr?b, IPA(key): /???b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Etymology 1
From Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *s?rob (in placenames) and s?rybb (“a shrub; shrubbery; underbrush”); akin to Norwegian skrubbe (“the dwarf cornel tree”).
Noun
shrub (plural shrubs)
- A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
Synonyms
- bush (plant)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
shrub (third-person singular simple present shrubs, present participle shrubbing, simple past and past participle shrubbed)
- (obsolete) To lop; to prune.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Anderson (1573) to this entry?)
- (transitive, Kenyan English) To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.
- For example, /???b/ ? /s??b/
Etymology 2
From Arabic ??????? (šir?b, “a drink, beverage”), ??????? (šariba, “to drink”), akin to syrup, sherbet
Noun
shrub (countable and uncountable, plural shrubs)
- A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.
Translations
Anagrams
- Brush, bruhs, brush, burhs
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espalier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??spal??/, /?s?pæl.?.e?/
- (US) IPA(key): /??spæl.j?/, /??spæl.je?/
- ,
Noun
espalier (plural espaliers)
- A latticework used to shape or train the branches of a tree or shrub into a two-dimensional ornamental or useful design, as along a wall or fence.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 223:
- The garment stalls carried the traditional blue vine-dressers' outfits, sunhats, and the great willow pitchforks grown in espalier at villages like Sauve.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 223:
- A plant that has been shaped in this manner.
- A row of plants that have been shaped in this manner.
Verb
espalier (third-person singular simple present espaliers, present participle espaliering, simple past and past participle espaliered)
- To train a plant in this manner.
See also
- arborsculpture
- bonsai
- topiary
Anagrams
- pearlies
French
Etymology
From Italian spalliera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s.pa.lje/
Noun
espalier m (plural espaliers)
- (agriculture) espalier
- (sports) wall bars
Anagrams
- épileras
- pèlerais
Further reading
- “espalier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).
Noun
espalier n (definite singular espalieret, indefinite plural espalier or espalierer, definite plural espaliera or espalierene)
- (horticulture) espalier
- A formation of people lined up in two columns facing each other (to secure a passageway).
- Danne espalier
References
- “espalier” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “espalier” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).
Noun
espalier n (definite singular espalieret, indefinite plural espalier, definite plural espaliera)
- (horticulture) espalier
- A formation of people lined up in two columns facing each other (to secure a passageway).
- Danne espalier
References
- “espalier” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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