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pinery

/pahy-nuh-ree/US // ˈpaɪ nə ri //UK // (ˈpaɪnərɪ) //

炼油厂,石匠,酿酒厂,炼狱

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pin·er·ies.

    • : a place in which pineapples are grown.
    • : a forest or grove of pine trees.

Examples

  • Ntsih in the third verse signifies pinery, from nts, pine, but is figuratively used to denote a forest of any kind.

  • We travelled diligently along a rough mountainous path, across a sterile tract called the Pinery.

  • It is ten minutes walk from the Pinery to our house, but you can run it in five.

  • I'll lock the library up and fortunately there are no fiddles at the Pinery.

  • Our trail carried us across the succession of elevated and arid ridges called the Pinery.