fatwood
- noun
- /ˈfætˌwʊd/
- US
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madera resinosa
- She bought a bag of fatwood sticks to start a fire in the backyard.
Examples
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He stood in front of the fireplace, where I had lit the little fatwood fire that was kept laid there, his hands in his pockets, rocking back and forth.
Fiction book (1998) -
And then they lit this fatwood log.
Fiction book (1996) -
Fatwood fires were built in these improvised cressets to provide light for evening services.
Academic text (1994) -
Everyone but me seems to forget his terrorist past, holding a match under the kitchen curtain, saying the house would explode like fatwood; clicking his change in his pocket after you'd asked him to stop; ripping in half the new, too-expensive blouse.
Academic text (1991) -
To start the campfire, they used fatwood because it ignites easily.
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During the winter, fatwood is the best choice for kindling in the fireplace.
Synonyms
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Pieces of wood used to make a fire for heat or cooking
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6.1
Branches and twigs from bushes that people use for fire or simple fences
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8.8
A tropical or subtropical tree whose wood burns easily for making torches
Dry wood used to start a fire
Wood that people use to make matchsticks because it lights easily and burns evenly
Wood used to make fire for cooking or heating
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Etymology
The word fatwood comes from fat (meaning 'rich in oil') and wood. Like cooking fat, this oily pine wood lights and burns easily, so people use fatwood as kindling to start fires.