Definitions for hornbeam

hornbeam horn·beam

Spelling: [hawrn-beem]
IPA: /ˈhɔrnˌbim/

Hornbeam is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 371 anagrams from letters in hornbeam (abehmnor).

Definitions for hornbeam

noun

  1. any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)

Origin of hornbeam

First recorded in 1570-80; horn + beam

Examples for hornbeam

The European hornbeam was a favorite tree for making the "pleached alleys," of which old-world garden-lovers were proud.

Is it not from the hornbeam that groweth within the garden of old husbands?

Bowls and dishes of hornbeam lasted forever, and would never leak nor crack.

The maple trees in Westminster Abbey represent modesty and the hornbeam trees represent resilience.

The hornbeam is almost restricted to Essex and Hertfordshire.

After they have broken apart, the nutlets hang by threads, tough as hornbeam fibres always are.

It was full of long, straight walks, between hedges of yew and hornbeam, which rose tall and close on every side.

The beech might be used instead of the hornbeam on suitable soil.

The woods most used for cogs are hickory, maple, hornbeam and locust.

The American hornbeam has bluish gray bark, very fine in texture, from which the name "blue beech," is common in some localities.

Word Value for hornbeam
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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