spruce
noun/spruːs/
/spruːs/
- [countable, uncountable] an evergreen forest tree with leaves like needlesTopics Plants and treesc2
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- [uncountable] the soft wood of the spruce, used, for example, in making paper
Word Originnoun late Middle English (denoting Prussia or something originating in Prussia): alteration of obsolete Pruce ‘Prussia’. The application to the tree dates from the early 17th cent.
Check pronunciation:
spruce