Definitions for hornbeams

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hornbeams horn·beam

Spelling: [hawrn-beem]

IPA: /ˈhɔrnˌbim/

Hornbeams is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 738 anagrams from letters in hornbeams (abehmnors).

Definitions for hornbeams

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)
2. 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 hornbeams

First recorded in 1570-80; horn + beam

Examples for hornbeams

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.

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

The hornbeam is almost restricted to Essex and Hertfordshire.

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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