Not even at gunpoint will Imogen of the Internet admit she only learned CSS to spruce up her Myspace profile in the 2000s.
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Spruce
/spɹuːs/
Synonyms for "spruce" (159 found)
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Strong matches (48)
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15 entriesNorway spruceappearancedecorneatnesspolishpresentationspruce furniturespruce lumberspruce panelspruce timberspruce treespruce woodspruce-uptidinesswhite spruce
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6 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Do you like spruce beer?
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Tom told me that he often drinks root beer, but he'd not only never drunk spruce beer, he'd never even heard of it.
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The spruce is burning.
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