Elm

Definitions

1. A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
   countable
2. A village and civil parish in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4706).
3. Wood from an elm tree.
   attributive, uncountable, usually
4. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
6. A village in Glarus canton, Switzerland.
7. A surname.
8. A functional programming language for creating web applications.

Equivalents

Examples

“It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut⟳ out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close⟳ by.”

“The village is a dignified place⟳ of thatch, half-timbering, box hedges and neat farms, set⟳ among elms (though not as many as formerly, since Dutch elm disease took its toll) on the level plain of the Pewsey Vale.”

“Elm as a language can be seen from different angles. The main purpose of the language and the platform is to create⟳ web applications.”

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