hickory
2
7.0
- noun
- /ˈhɪkəri/
- US
:
madera de hickory
- Enoch kept a hickory club to deal with the latter.
Examples
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He had no need for the hickory stick he had left behind in Virginia.
Fiction book (2002) -
We tend the smoldering hickory needed for curing.
Fiction book (1996) -
Instead of the plucker, he took up a hickory staff.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the Danish church, he went through his lines, feeling confident all the words had returned to his heart, and lowered the hickory staff.
Fiction book (2001) -
Made of hickory, it is as well-designed a stirrer as I have ever seen.
Fiction book (1997) -
I still see Colyeranne every week for lunch, this strange sister of mine, fumbling with her hickory cane in the new Summit Club.
Fiction book (1995) -
I heaved the hickory paddle over my head like a sledge.
Blog text (2) -
When it came time to fetch the hogs, Preacher couldn't tote them in his bosom like a lamb, so he found two hickory poles and turned those poles into a movable pen.
Fiction book (1995) -
The carpenter preferred to use hickory for making durable tool handles.
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She selected a hickory dining table due to its strength and natural beauty.
Synonyms
52
3.5
Strong wood from trees with wide leaves like oak or maple used for floors and furniture
44
1.0
Hard wood from the oak tree that lasts a long time and is used for furniture
29
1.0
Hard wood often used for furniture and floors
20
4.6
Wood from the tree that grows small red fruit used for furniture
14
1.6
Dark brown wood from a tree with hard nuts used to make furniture
12
4.2
Strong flexible wood from certain trees used for making tools and sports equipment
5
5.7
A hard dark reddish wood from tropical trees used to make fine furniture and musical instruments
4
3.5
Reddish, long-lasting wood from a tall California tree used for building and furniture
3
4.1
Light, strong wood from an evergreen tree used for building and musical instruments
1
6.5
Hard pale wood from a beech tree used to make furniture, floors, and tool handles
1
4.3
Wood from a large tree with smooth grey bark used for floors and tool handles
1
6.5
Hard, strong wood from an elm tree used to make furniture and tools
1
7.8
Wood from a small tree that people use to make furniture and baskets
1
3.9
A type of wood from cherry trees used for furniture and smoking food
1
2.5
Wood from pine trees often used to make furniture
1
3.0
Hard, strong wood from a large shade tree used for furniture and tools
1
5.3
Hard, strong yellow-brown wood from the teak tree that resists water and insects, used for furniture and boats
1
7.4
Hard dense wood people use for carving and making small tools
1
3.5
Wood from cedar trees that smells pleasant, resists rot, and is used for chests and furniture
Hard, flexible wood from a South African tree used for bows and fishing rods
Hard wood from oak trees used to make furniture
A large tree from India with hard dark wood used for furniture and musical instruments
A large Indian tree with hard dark purple-brown wood used for fine furniture and musical instruments
A very hard, almost black wood that people use for fine furniture and musical instruments
A strong, attractive wood people use to make furniture and buildings
A tropical American tree with hard and long lasting wood used for furniture
Wood that comes from gum trees used for making furniture and panels
Compounds
- US
1
4.4
An American tree with strong wood used for furniture that produces edible nuts
- Specialized
A hickory tree that grows in the eastern United States and has very large edible nuts
A hickory tree with leaves that have seven or nine small parts and thin shelled nuts that taste very bitter
A North American tree with leaves of seven or nine leaflets and thin-shelled, very bitter nuts
A North American tree with smooth bark, leaves that have seven to nine leaflets, and hard nuts you can eat
- US
A small pine tree with two long needles, dark peeling bark, and cones with sharp tips
A tree from the southern United States and Mexico that has hard nuts shaped like nutmeg
A nickname for Andrew Jackson, the 7th United States president known for being tough
A tree from the eastern United States with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin, very bitter nuts
A North American tree with loose grey shaggy bark that makes large edible nuts
A hickory tree that grows in wet southern United States areas with many narrow leaves and bitter nuts
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Etymology
Hickory comes from an Algonquian Native American word such as pawcohiccora, which meant 'nut tree'. That's why hickory now means both the tough, heavy wood used for tools and floors and the tree that makes the nuts.