Yew

/juː/

Synonyms for "yew" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
archery woodbow wood

Strong matches (4)

Noun(2 words)
common yeweuropean yew

Related words (6)

oaksackcloth and ashestreewood
Noun(2 words)
taxus genusyew genus

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries
coniferconiferous treeevergreen treegenus of treesmaterialplantplant genustimbertreewood

More specific

5 entries
Taxus baccataTaxus brevifoliaTaxus cuspidatabow woodcarving wood

Collocations

6 entries
European yewJapanese yewTaxus baccatayew timberyew treeyew wood

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries
yew treeyew wood

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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"Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?" "No, I don't," I answered the detective. While looking through the open door, the detective shouted, "Hey, do you know what kind of tree he just broke?" "Um, looks like it's a yew plum pine," said the voice of a young woman. After straightening himself in his seat, the detective asked me one more time: "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?"

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Old Yew, which graspest at the stones ⁠That name the under-lying dead, ⁠Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones.

Source: wiktionary

Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.

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At Darley Dale, in Derbyshire, there is another yew about 1,000 years younger with a 32 ft girth, while a mighty yew at Goudhurst, Kent, has a bench seating 12 in its hollow trunk.

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