Definitions for maple
ˈmeɪ pəlmaple

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. maple(noun)

   wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

2. maple(noun)

   any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. maple(Noun)

   A tree of the Acer genus, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.

Origin: mapultreow, from mapulaz (compare Old Icelandic möpurr, mapeldorn, Masseller, Maßholder), perhaps a blend of *masuraz 'knob; maple-tree' (compare Old Icelandic mösurr 'maple', Low German/German Maser 'knob, offshoot') and *apulaz 'apple' (see apple), from *masam 'lump, knob' (compare obsolete German Mase 'scar', modern Maser 'speck, measle').\ More at measles.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Maple(noun)

   a tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. A. saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is A. rubrum; the silver maple, A. dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A. Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is A. campestre, the sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is A. platanoides

Origin: [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. mpurr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Maple

   mā′pl, n. a tree of several species, from one of which, the rock-maple, sugar is made.—adj. of or pertaining to maple. [A.S. mapul, maple.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. maple

   A type of cultivar, plant, seed and tree created and cultivated in various species.

   The maple tree is used for its beauty, wood and sap and is transformed into maple wood and maple syrup and for various other purposes.

   Submitted by MC Harmonious on November 17, 2016

Anagrams for maple »

1. ample

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of maple in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of maple in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of maple in a Sentence

1. Nick Lozano:

   Everything tastes better with maple syrup.

2. Lester Bowles Pearson:

   This is the flag of the future, but it does not dishonor the past. (On his country's new Maple Leaf flag)

3. Jesse Hullinger:

   Maple Mountain tried taking this cheap-shot right at the end of the year and it just totally backfired on them!

4. Alexandre Moreau:

   It becomes cheaper and cheaper to import U.S. maple syrup, in the long run, it's kind of worrisome for Quebec producers.

5. Susie Morrison:

   When I was thinking about maple syrup, we just had the availability of the New England maple syrup to us and that was why I decided to use it.

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