Synonyms for
Aspen
Definition
a type of tree with smooth bark that grows in cooler climates
Synonyms & similar words
Common collocations
- aspen tree
- aspen leaf
- aspen grove
- aspen wood
- aspen bark
- aspen forest
- quaking aspen
Word family
noun aspen
Usage note
Aspen refers to a type of tree, specifically a poplar known for its leaves that tremble in the wind. It is not typically used metaphorically or in informal contexts.
Example sentences
- The aspen tree's leaves turn golden yellow in the fall.
- I like to hike through the aspen grove to see the changing colors of the leaves.
- The wood from the aspen tree is often used to make paper.
- The aspen is a popular tree for landscaping because of its unique bark.
- The sound of the aspen leaves rustling in the breeze is very soothing.
Quotes
The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned / To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, / And spread the roof above them, --- ere he framed / The lofty vault, to gather and roll back / The sound of anthems; in the darkling wood, / Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, / And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks / And supplication. For his simple heart / Might not resist the sacred influences / Which, from the stilly twilight of the place, / And from the gray old trunks that high in heaven / Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound / Of the invisible breath that swayed at once / All their green tops, stole over him and bowed / His spirit with the thought of boundless power / And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why / Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect / God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore / Only among the crowd and under roofs / That our frail hands have raised? Let me, at least, / Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, / Offer one hymn, --- thrice happy, if it find / Acceptance in His ear. - William Cullen Bryant
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. - Henry David Thoreau
Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky. - Kahlil Gibran