Dictionary Entry
spruce
spruce is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea.
- 2adjective
The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
- 3adjective
Prussia leather; pruce.
- 4noun
Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons.
- 5noun
Sprightly; dashing.
- 6transitive verb
To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.
- 7intransitive verb
To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.
- 8noun
any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
- 9noun
light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
- 10verb
dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
"He spruced up for the party"
- 11verb
make neat, smart, or trim
"Spruce up your house for Spring"
"titivate the child"
- 12adjective
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
"a dapper young man"
"a jaunty red hat"
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