Defenition of the word spruce
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Defenition of the word spruce
- Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions.
- marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
- any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
- light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
- dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"
- make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"
- make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
- dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
- make neat, smart, or trim
- marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Synonyms for the word spruce
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- dapper
- dashing
- elegant
- jaunty
- natty
- neat
- raffish
- rakish
- slick up
- smart
- smarten up
- snappy
- spiff up
- spruce up
- titivate
- tittivate
- trim
- well-groomed
Similar words in the spruce
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- fashionable
- spruce
- spruce's
- spruced
- sprucer
- spruces
- sprucest
- stylish
Meronymys for the word spruce
Hyponyms for the word spruce
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- black spruce
- Brewer's spruce
- Colorado blue spruce
- Colorado spruce
- eastern spruce
- Engelmann spruce
- Engelmann's spruce
- Norway spruce
- oriental spruce
- Picea abies
- Picea breweriana
- Picea engelmannii
- Picea glauca
- Picea mariana
- Picea obovata
- Picea orientalis
- Picea pungens
- Picea rubens
- Picea sitchensis
- red spruce
- Siberian spruce
- silver spruce
- Sitka spruce
- spruce pine
- weeping spruce
- white spruce
- yellow spruce
Hypernyms for the word spruce
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- beautify
- conifer
- coniferous tree
- embellish
- fancify
- groom
- neaten
- prettify
- wood
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