MEANING
A young tree with a slender trunk that has grown beyond the seedling stage.
Use it for
Young woodland, regrowth, and fragile vertical forms.Make a tree's small scale and flexibility clear.
Words that belong together
- slender sapling
- oak sapling
- bend a sapling
On the page
A sapling leaned into the gap left by the fallen oak.
The deer had stripped the bark from several saplings.
She steadied herself on a sapling without breaking it.
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Word forms
- Base
- sapling
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Size boundaries vary; stresses youth and slenderness rather than a precise age. Plural: saplings
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