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US
/ˈæspən/
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[ UK /ˈæspən/ ]
[ UK /ˈæspən/ ]
NOUN
- any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
How To Use aspen In A Sentence
- Surrounded by cottonwoods and aspens and featuring a wooden footbridge and an abundance of regional flora and foliage, it's a place to meditate, contemplate, and relax.
- *** Pharmaceuticals Sigma Pharmaceuticals said that it is likely to breach loan conditions with bankers after taking a charge of as much as 270 million Australian dollars ($253.4 million) from the A$900 million fire sale of its pharmaceutical division to South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare. Business Watch
- Aspen groves dot the trail as you go, with larger stands waiting for you on the far side of the lake.
- But I never thought of him as anti-violent until Uma Thurman's father came on my "Con Games" radio show in Aspen to lead me monkishly down the path of virtue. Michael Conniff: CON GAMES: Violence On The QT With Quentin Tarantino
- One chose witchetty grubs diligently for their flavour depended on the host tree, lemon aspen being especially tasty.
- It wasn't too much later that I found myself working as a roofer in Aspen, Colorado, carrying buckets of hot tar up a ladder.
- I was going to have Peter and Chris over to plan our trip to Aspen the next day.
- Aspendus, sailed thitherward himself with thirteen ships, promising the army at Samos that he would not fail to do them a great service. The History of the Peloponnesian War
- These highlands have a story to tell, one illustrated by railroad ties, horseshoes, and rusty scraps of metal - as well as big-tooth aspen and red spruce saplings poking through the snow.
- It ran through thickets of aspen and balsam poplar and was signposted to Alder Creek and Mush Lake. HIGH STAND