Definition of be piney - Reverso English Dictionary

Verbal expression

scent

Rare

emit a strong pine scent

Rare

The air freshener is piney and fills the room with a forest smell.

nature

Rare

resemble a pine tree

Rare

The new plant is piney and looks like a miniature pine tree.

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Examples of be piney in a sentence

The soap is piney and refreshing.
The shrub is piney, with needle-like leaves.
Her garden is full of piney plants.

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French:sentir le pin, ressembler à un pin, ...
German:nach Kiefer duften, wie eine Kiefer aussehen, ...
Italian:profumare di pino, assomigliare a un pino, ...
Spanish:emitir olor a pino, parecer un pino, ...
Portuguese:cheira a pinho, parece um pinheiro, ...
Chinese:散发松树香味, 类似松树, ...
Japanese:松の香りがする, 松のように見える, ...
Arabic:فاحَ, شَبَهَ شجرة الصنوبر, ...
Hebrew:לְפַזֵּר רֵיחַ אוֹרֶן, לְהִדָּמוֹת לְאוֹרֶן, ...
Russian:пахнуть сосной, походить на сосну, ...
Ukrainian:пахнути сосною, нагадувати сосну, ...
Hindi:पाइन की खुशबू छोड़ना, पाइन के पेड़ जैसा दिखना, ...
Bengali:পাইন গন্ধযুক্ত হওয়া, পাইন গাছের মতো হওয়া, ...
Catalan:ser pi, semblar un pi, ...
Czech:vonět po borovici, vypadat jako borovice, ...
Danish:være fyr, ligne en fyr, ...
Dutch:ruikt naar dennen, lijkt op een den, ...
Greek:εκπέμπουν άρωμα πεύκου, μοιάζουν με πεύκο, ...
Hungarian:fenyőillatot árasztani, fenyőfára hasonlítani, ...
Khmer:មានក្លិនស្រល់ខ្លាំង, មានលក្ខណៈស្រដៀងនឹងដើមស្រល់, ...
Korean:소나무 향이 나다, 소나무를 닮다, ...
Persian:بوی کاج می‌دهد, شبیه کاج است, ...
Polish:wydzielać zapach sosny, przypominać sosnę, ...
Portuguese (BR):cheirar a pinheiro, parecer pinheiro, ...
Romanian:a emana miros de pin, a semăna cu un pin, ...
Swedish:dofta tall, likna en tall, ...
Thai:มีกลิ่นสน, เหมือนต้นสน, ...
Turkish:çam kokusu yaymak, çam ağacına benzemek, ...
Vietnamese:có mùi thông, giống cây thông, ...

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