Christmas tree

noun

plural Christmas trees

1

: a usually evergreen tree decorated at Christmas

2

: an oil-well control device consisting of an assembly of fittings placed at the top of the well

3

drag racing : a set of paired colored lights arranged in two columns on a vertical pole in front of the starting line and used for starting a race

Lights on top of the Christmas tree tell the drivers to enter the staging area. Larger yellow lights mean, "get ready." The green light means "go!"

—Lori Polydoros

Examples of Christmas tree in a Sentence

We hung the lights on the Christmas tree.

Recent Examples on the Web

Last November, a 14-year-old boy was killed and eight other teenagers were injured in a pair of shootings after the city’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Millennium Park. —Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

Easter Egg Hunt at Butterfly Farm At Butterfly Farm's fourth annual egg hunt, kids can run through the large hay field and Christmas tree field in search for Easter eggs, which can then be exchanged for toys and candy at the prize table. —Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 24 Mar. 2026

Instead, Trump has turned this into more of a Christmas tree. —NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026

Restaurants, shops, and family-friendly events such as the Memorial Day parade, Independence Day celebration, Christmas tree lighting, and weekly farmers markets add to the small-town community atmosphere. —Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Christmas tree

• agree
• allee
• banshee
• beastly
• bibi
• bowsprit
• carefree
• cerci
• chablis
• cowpea
• crappie
• crappy

Kids Definition

Christmas tree

noun

: a usually evergreen tree decorated at Christmas