Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves.

    any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber

  2. (uncountable, usually)The soft wood of such trees.

    Linde, Lindenbaum, Linde

    ли́паlípa, ли́паlípa

    ли́паlýpa

    soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Tom and Mary sat under the linden tree.

    deTom und Maria saßen unter dem Lindenbaum.

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  2. I planted this linden tree thirty years ago.

    ruЯ посадил эту липу тридцать лет назад.

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  3. In the forest, under an old linden tree, there was a well.

    ruВ лесу, под старой липой, был колодец.

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  4. Young trees were planted in the park: linden, maple, spruce and juniper.

    ruВ парке посадили молодые деревья: липы, клёны, ели и можжевельник.

    deIm Park wurden junge Bäume gepflanzt: Linden, Ahorne, Fichten und Wacholder.

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  5. Between the two little houses stands a very old and very large linden tree.

    ruМежду двумя домиками стоит очень старая и очень большая липа.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germ

From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *lindīnaz, from Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden tree”), equivalent to lind + -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden (“linden”, adjective), German Low German Linnenboom (“linden-tree”), West Frisian linenbeam (“linden-tree”), German linden (“linden”, adjective). The English noun developed from the adjective.

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Forms

plural: lindens
Singularlinden

uncountable

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber:linden treebasswoodlimelime tree
  • soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork:basswood

Word family

2 related words
Relatedlindlithe

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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