aspen

A tree with a thin trunk, pale bark, and round leaves that shake easily in the wind.

• An aspen grows beside the path.
• The aspens turned yellow in autumn.
• Wind made the leaves of the aspen tremble.

Common phrases: an aspen tree, a young aspen, quaking aspen

The pale, light, soft wood of this tree.

• The box is made of aspen.
• He carved the small figure from aspen.
• Aspen is light and easy to cut.

Common phrases: made of aspen, aspen boards, aspen wood

Connected with a type of tree whose round leaves shake easily in the wind.

• Aspen leaves shook in the breeze.
• We walked through an aspen grove.
• The deer had stripped the young aspen branches.

Common phrases: aspen leaves, aspen bark, aspen grove