aspen

¹

[ as-puhn ]

noun

1. any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides quaking aspen or P. alba white aspen, of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.

adjective

1. of or relating to the aspen.
2. trembling or quivering, like the leaves of the aspen.

Aspen

²

[ as-puhn ]

noun

1. a town in central Colorado: ski resort.

aspen

/ ˈæspən /

noun

1. any of several trees of the salicaceous genus Populus, such as P. tremula of Europe, in which the leaves are attached to the stem by long flattened stalks so that they quiver in the wind Archaic nameasp

adjective

1. archaic.
   trembling

Word History and Origins

Origin of aspen¹

1350–1400; Middle English aspen (adj.), Old English æspen; cognate with Old Frisian espen (adj.), espenbeam, Middle Dutch espenboom, Old High German espîn (adj.). See asp ², -en ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of aspen¹

Old English æspe; see asp ²

Example Sentences

So five, six years ago I was in a restaurant in Aspen, and this piece of music came on, and I had heard it once before.

From Los Angeles Times

Her son Michael, who ran the nonprofit Citizens Energy Corp. and had been in the news for having an affair with his children’s teenage baby sitter, was killed in 1997 during a dangerous game of touch football, played while skiing down an Aspen slope.

From Los Angeles Times

At that altitude, groves of aspen and willow trees were radiant with fall color, filling creek beds and high mountain slopes with a riot of glorious hues seen once a year here and only for a week or so.

From Los Angeles Times

The audio, leaked from an August fundraising dinner in Aspen, Colorado, finds the former president riffing on the family of Corey Comperatore, who was killed at the event, and downplaying the damage.

From Salon

How do you anticipate the event differing from the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen?

From Salon