bare trees

Skeletal winter silhouettes

Trees that have lost their leaves, exposing branches and trunk.

The phrase evokes late autumn or winter landscapes: The bare trees stood against the gray sky.

Bare trees can suggest dormancy, desolation, or stark beauty depending on context.

Related

silhouette · twigs · skeletal · dormant · cold · frost · naked · gnarled · deciduous · autumn · late autumn · fallen leaves · grey skies · bleak · barren landscape · windswept · timber · bark

Categories
Opposites
foliage presence

bare treesevergreens

Trees keeping leaves year-round

flowering trees · conifers · dense canopy · budding trees · autumn foliage

visual/aesthetic character

bare treesdense canopy

Tightly packed treetop layer

forest canopy · tree cover

tree type

bare treesevergreens

Trees keeping leaves year-round

conifers · pine trees · spruce trees · cedars · hemlocks

Family

bare, trees, bared, barely, bareness, barer, barest, baring, tree

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G