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cedar

UK/ˈsiː.də//ˈsi.dɚ/

cedar noun: a coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.

cedar: a coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae
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Noun

cedar (countable and uncountable, plural cedars)

  1. (countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
  2. (countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
    • There had been dry seasons, accumulations of dust, wind-blown seeds, and cedars rose wonderfully out of solid rock.1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC
  3. (countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
  4. (uncountable) The aromatic wood from a tree of genus Cedrus or from any of several not closely related trees.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Cedar

Cedar (plural Cedars)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Cedar

Cedar

  1. A programming language, adding various features to the earlier language Mesa.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Cedar

Cedar

  1. A ghost town in Mohave County, Arizona.
  2. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana.
  3. An unincorporated community in Mahaska County, Iowa.
  4. A city in Smith County, Kansas.
  5. A census-designated place in Leelanau County, Michigan.
  6. An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
  7. An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
  8. An unincorporated community in Iron County, Wisconsin.
  9. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Cedar Township.

cedar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

cedar in Hindi

coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
देवदार devdār

cedar in Tamil

சிடார்

cedar in Marathi

देवदार

cedar in Urdu

coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
دیودار devdār
More languagesFewer languages
cedar in Bengali
দারূবৃক্ষবিশেষ
cedar in Malayalam
ദേവദാരു dēvadāru
cedar in Kannada
ದೇವದಾರು
cedar in Punjabi
ਦੇਵਦਾਰ, ਸੀਡਰ
cedar in Gujarati
દેવદાર, દેવદારુ
cedar in Odia
ସିଡର, ସିଡାର
cedar in Sanskrit
देवदारु devadāru
cedar in Nepali
सिडर, सिडार
cedar in Tagalog
sedro
cedar in Arabic
أَرْز ʔarz
cedar in Malay
araz
cedar in Persian
سرو sarv, سدر sedr

Examples of cedar in a sentence

  • In her arms, an infant sausaged inside a rolled cedar mat.
  • Remember when Phil was having that squirrel problem with his cedar siding?
  • To make a wetu, the Wampanoag set poles made from cedar saplings into the ground.

All 40 example sentences with cedar

Forms of cedar

Noun
pluralcedars
Proper noun
pluralCedars

Plural of cedar: cedars

Origin of cedar

From Middle English cedre, probably from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros). Some suggest that the Middle English word was partially from Old English ċeder, but the gap in attestation between the two words makes this proposal unlikely. Possible doublet of citrus.

Probably a variant of Ceder.

From cedar, because of the abundant local trees.

Words formed from cedar

  • Alaska cedar
  • Alaska yellow cedar
  • Atlantic cedar
  • Atlantic white cedar
  • Atlas cedar
  • Australian red cedar
  • Barbados bastard cedar
  • Barbados cedar
  • bastard cedar*
  • bay cedar*
  • Bermuda cedar
  • Brazilian cedar
  • British Columbia cedar
  • British Columbian cedar
  • Burma cedar
  • Bussaco cedar
  • California calocedar
  • Californian white cedar
  • California white cedar
  • calocedar
  • Canary cedar
  • Cape cedar
  • cedar apple
  • cedar-apple rust
  • cedar ball
  • Cedar Beach
  • cedar beetle
  • cedar bird
  • cedarbird
  • Cedar Bluff
  • Cedar Bluffs
  • Cedar Brush Creek
  • cedar camphor
  • cedar chest
  • Cedar City
  • cedar closet
  • Cedar County
  • Cedar Creek
  • Cedar Crest
  • cedared
  • cedar elm
  • Cedar Falls
  • cedar fever
  • Cedar Fire
  • Cedar Forest
  • Cedar Fort
  • Cedar Glen Lakes
  • Cedar Glen West
  • cedar green
  • cedar-green
  • Cedar Grove
  • Cedar Hill
  • Cedar Hill Lakes
  • Cedar Hills
  • Cedar Island
  • Cedar Key
  • Cedar Knolls
  • Cedar Lake
  • cedar leaf oil
  • cedar-like

Phrases with cedar

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Words that rhyme with cedar

Questions about cedar

What does cedar mean?
Cedar means a coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
What is cedar in Hindi?
Cedar in Hindi is देवदार (devdār). See Cedar meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cedar?
Cedar can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce cedar?
Cedar is pronounced /ˈsiː.də/ (UK).
What is the plural of cedar?
The plural of cedar is cedars.

Words near cedar in the dictionary

  1. CEDACs
  2. Cedano
  3. Cedanos
  4. cedant
  5. cedants
  6. cedar
  7. cedar beetle
  8. cedar beetles
  9. cedar bird
  10. cedar birds
  11. Cedar Brush Creek

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cedar (page history and authors); Cedar (page history and authors); cedar (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cedar (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cedar (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cedar (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cedar (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cedar (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cedar (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cedar (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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