maple
pronunciation
How to pronounce maple in British English:
UK [ˈmeɪpl]
How to pronounce maple in American English:
US [ˈmeɪpl]
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- Noun:
- wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring
- any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
Word Origin
- maple (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old English mapultreow "maple tree," also mapolder, mapuldre, related to Old Norse möpurr, Old Saxon mapulder, Middle Low German mapeldorn, from Proto-Germanic *maplo-. There also was a Proto-Germanic *matlo- (cognates: Old High German mazzaltra, German maszholder), but the connection and origins are mysterious. Formerly with adjectival form mapelin (early 15c.; Old English mapuldern). Maple syrup attested from 1824, American English. The maple leaf is mentioned as the emblem of Canada from 1850.
Example
- 1. Scientists filmed maple seeds as they wafted through a smoke-filled wind tunnel .
- 2. Uzbeks had demarcated their territory by felling maple trees and building makeshift barricades with burned-out cars .
- 3. Quebec produces 80 % of the world 's maple syrup .
- 4. Treated maple is also being adopted for decking on yachts .
- 5. A sugar maple tree shows signs of scorching at the chicago botanic garden in glencoe , illinois , on august 2 , 2012 .