Pronunciation Noun
Christmas tree (plural Christmas trees)
- A conifer used during the Christmas holiday season, typically decorated with lights and ornaments and often a star or angel at its tip.
- (racing) A pole with lights, similar to a traffic signal, used for signalling the start of an automobile race.
- 1990 January, Popular Mechanics, volume 167, number 1, page 96:
- Then, after a smoky-burnout to warm up the tires, you're lined up next to another competitor and the Christmas tree lights blink down... yellow, yellow, yellow, green!
- 1990 January, Popular Mechanics, volume 167, number 1, page 96:
- (oil industry jargon) The collection of valves sometimes found at the top of a working oil well.
- (bodybuilding) A pattern of muscles visible in the lower back, resembling in outline the shape of a conifer.
- 2013, Cory Gregory, "Get Jacked! The 1,000 Rep Workout", Fitness Rx 11(4): 56.
- These are great for really developing that Christmas tree in your lower back and the proper arch at the top is key in that regard.
- 2013, Cory Gregory, "Get Jacked! The 1,000 Rep Workout", Fitness Rx 11(4): 56.
- (aviation, historical) A type of alert area constructed by the Strategic Air Command of the United States Air Force during the Cold War.
- French: arbre de Noël, sapin de Noël
- German: Weihnachtsbaum, Christbaum
- Italian: albero di Natale
- Portuguese: árvore de Natal, pinheiro de natal, pinheirinho
- Russian: ёлка
- Spanish: árbol de Navidad
- Russian: фонта́нная армату́ра
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