firewood
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- noun
- /ˈfaɪərˌwʊd/
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- She asked her husband to bring some firewood for their campfire.
- collect firewood
- gather firewood
- cut firewood
The more children I have, the more help I can have in collecting the water, collecting the firewood, and attending to the goats and sheep.
- The more children I have, the more help I can have in collecting the water, collecting the firewood, and attending to the goats and sheep.
- It's just all your firewood is right there and the and God has chopped it for you.
- He'd show, he would go into, I mean, he just had, he had ovens and this and that firewood chipper.
- The chair thing is a tree, wood planks, splinters, junk, a weapon or instrument, firewood.
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I was just going to chop some firewood.
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Well, better get us some firewood before sundown.
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How about some firewood and a fire?
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We needed firewood and we took it.
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May as well take 'em a stick of firewood.
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We're not delivering firewood anymore.
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We must pick up more firewood.
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I'm looking for some firewood.
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If you get cold, there's some firewood over there.
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Each morning, men chopped firewood while their women and children fixed breakfast in the Dawson kitchen.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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The hard material from trees used for building and as fuel
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Firewood cut and stacked in cords for burning
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Branches and twigs from bushes that people use for fire or simple fences
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Pieces of wood cut small enough to burn in a stove
Wood used to make fire for cooking or heating
Wood cut from the outer part of a log used for firewood or for simple fences and sheds
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Etymology
Firewood is simple to remember: it joins fire and wood, literally meaning 'wood for a fire'. So firewood is the wood you burn in a fireplace or campfire.