EGAVE

willow

About 2.78 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
  2. noun The wood of these trees.
  3. noun A cricket bat.
  4. noun The baseball bat.
  5. noun A rotating spiked drum used to open and clean cotton heads.
  6. verb To open and cleanse (cotton, flax, wool, etc.) by means of a willow.
  7. verb To form a shape or move in a way similar to the long, slender branches of a willow.

Similar words

willow tree osier foliage sandbar solar photovoltaic sun saule weeping itea

Often followed by

tree and creek trees run bark branches springs grove

Word family

willowlike willows

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