tree limbs
Where birds perch
Tree limbs are the major branches extending from a tree's trunk.
Limb emphasizes size and structural importance—you'd call the thick branches that support smaller ones limbs, while the slender offshoots are just branches or twigs.
A tree limb fell on the car during the storm.
The kids climbed out on a tree limb to reach the apples.
- branchesLimbs of trees
- boughsMajor tree limbs
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
sawing · firewood · overhang · shade · snapping · broken off · gnarled · reaching · swaying · woodpecker · nest · hanging · deadfall · widow maker · dead wood · kindling · power lines · splitting
- forest debrisdead leaves, twigs, pine needles, fallen logs, rotting logs
- overhangsoverhang, eaves, awning, canopy, cantilever
- weather damagestorm damage, wind damage, hail damage, flood damage, tornado damage
- winter hazardsavalanche, black ice, blizzard, frostbite, hypothermia
- woodpecker habitatsnags, rotting wood