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tree ring

tree ring

noun

  1. another name for annual ring


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tree ring1

First recorded in 1915–20

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Example Sentences

Besides all the rest, rosy linnets and blue lazuli buntings made the old tree ring with their musical roundelays.

This stand was burned in 1858 (tree-ring date by David Smith) and some charred juniper snags still stood.

Twenty-one of the roof beams in Spruce Tree House have been dated by tree-ring chronology.

Since considerable tree-ring material from these ruins remains yet to be examined, the dates given above are not final.

During 1932 and 1933 further tree-ring research was carried on in this area and additional dates have been secured.

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