Definition of Sapling

a young, skinny tree

Examples of Sapling in a sentence

A birch sapling grew in the middle of the forest as all the other trees had been chopped down.  🔊

Hoping that the sapling could withstand the storm, the boy peered out his window at the little tree.  🔊

Because it was so skinny, the sapling was fastened to wooden stakes that helped keep it upright in the ground.  🔊

Unless temperatures warm up significantly, the small sapling will never mature through the harsh winter.  🔊

Planting a sapling in the place where the other tree was cut, the volunteers hoped to reverse some of the effects of deforestation.  🔊

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