boughs
Flexible tree branches
Boughs are the main branches of a tree, especially the larger limbs that extend from the trunk.
The word appears most often in literary or poetic contexts: the boughs of the old oak, snow-laden boughs.
Christmas carols and hymns keep the word familiar: Deck the halls with boughs of holly.
Body's major appendages
- twigsThin woody shoots
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- canopyOverhead protective covering
treetop · evergreen · deciduous · conifer · pine · fir · spruce · oak
Solidly built, durable
- strongHaving great physical power
- thickHaving great depth
- heavyOf great mass
- load-bearingSustaining structural mass
support · weight · grafting · pruning · splitting · creaking · sagging · arching
Spiny-leaved winter shrub
- evergreenRetains foliage year-round
- garlandDecorative strand of foliage
- wreathDecorative foliage circle
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
decorations · mistletoe · pine · fir · spruce · cedar · ornaments · trimming
limbs
Body's major appendages
canopy · treetop · evergreen · deciduous · conifer · pine · fir · spruce · oak · willow
sturdy
Solidly built, durable
load-bearing · support · weight · grafting · pruning · splitting · creaking · sagging · arching · reaching
holly
Spiny-leaved winter shrub
- evergreenRetains foliage year-round
- garlandDecorative strand of foliage
- wreathDecorative foliage circle
Christmas · decorations · mistletoe · pine · fir · spruce · cedar · ornaments · trimming · decking
forest
Tree-dense ecosystem
copse · glade · wilderness · shade · shelter · nesting · birdsong · squirrels · perching · habitat
bower
Leafy garden shelter
- arborGarden trellis structure
- shelteringProtecting from elements
- whisperingBreathy, near-silent speech
sighing · murmuring · dancing · golden · ancient · noble · majesty · poetic · romantic · pastoral
- rainforestrainforest, jungle, tropical, tropics, canopy
- holiday plantspoinsettia, poinsettias, holly, mistletoe, Christmas cactus
- tree partstrunk, branch, bark, root, leaves
- overhangsoverhang, eaves, awning, canopy, cantilever
- ChristmasChristmas tree, Christmas, Christmas Day, Christmas ornaments, Santa
- forest productslumber, timber, plywood sheets, hardwood, softwood