pine

A tree with thin, pointed leaves that stays green all year and produces cones.

• A pine grows beside our house.
• The forest is full of tall pines.
• We collected cones beneath the pine.

Similar words: pinus

Common phrases: pine tree, pine forest, pine cone

Wood from an evergreen tree with pointed leaves, often used to make furniture.

• The table is made of pine.
• We used pine boards for the shelves.
• Pine is softer than oak.

Similar words: pinewood

Common phrases: pine furniture, solid pine, pine boards

The counter in a bar where drinks are served.

• He stood behind the pine serving beer.
• We sat at the pine and ordered drinks.
• She wiped the pine after the last customers left.

Similar words: bar, counter

Common phrases: behind the pine, at the pine

To feel very sad because you strongly want someone or something that is absent or unavailable.

• She pines for her family.
• He pined for home throughout the winter.
• The lonely dog was pining away.

How to use it: pine for someone/something (She pined for the village where she grew up.); pine away (He seemed to pine away after she left.)

Similar words: long, yearn

Common phrases: pine for someone, pine for home, pine away