sasswood
- noun
- UK
- Because of its durability, sasswood is popular for making small carved objects.
Examples
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The artisan selected a piece of sasswood to craft a decorative mask.
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Local markets often sell bowls and utensils made from sasswood.
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The craftsmen prefer using sasswood for its durability.
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Many furniture pieces are made from sasswood.
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The artisan selected a piece of sasswood to craft a decorative mask.
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Local markets often sell bowls and utensils made from sasswood.
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Because of its durability, sasswood is popular for making small carved objects.
Synonyms
Light, strong wood from an evergreen tree used for building and musical instruments
A type of wood from cherry trees used for furniture and smoking food
Wood from a large tree with smooth grey bark used for floors and tool handles
Wood from pine trees often used to make furniture
Light, soft wood from a linden tree used for carving and boxes
Branches and twigs from bushes that people use for fire or simple fences
Wood from that tree used for fuel, carving, and building
Hard smooth wood from the pear tree used to make instruments and small objects
Wood from a tropical tree that looks like mahogany and is used for furniture
Hard, strong wood from a Caribbean tree used for furniture and building
A tree from eastern North America with spicy brown bark and strong dark wood used for furniture
A tall Australian tree with hard wood used to make furniture and tools
Wood from a birch tree that people use to make furniture and buildings
Wood cut from the outer part of a log used for firewood or for simple fences and sheds
Pine wood full of sticky resin that people use to start fires
A shrub with flexible wood used to make arrows and blue-black berries that birds eat
Wood from a tree used to make holy objects in the Bible
A North American tree with fragrant leaves and bark used to make oil and tea
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sasswood can also mean the actual wood of that tree, with wood meaning 'timber' just like in 'firewood' or 'wooden', so sasswood is the material you use for carving, fuel, or small objects.