cordwood
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- noun
- /ˈkɔrdˌwʊd/
- US
- During the winter, the family relies on cordwood to keep their home warm and cozy.
- cordwood stacked
- pile of cordwood
- cordwood building
Examples
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A newspaperman came all the way from New York just to help with the cordwood!
Fiction book (1995) -
After a long day of chopping, we finally stacked the cordwood neatly beside the cabin for the winter.
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Even the cordwood is ready to heat our home.
Blog text (22) -
Beside him, his new partner worked just as hard, and the pile of cordwood rapidly diminished.
Fiction book (1995) -
When he lifted the lid, she could see clear plastic boxes with film stacked like cordwood in them.
Fiction book (1992) -
Mopeds with their exhaust tinting the air blue and bicycles piled high with cordwood tangle the streets.
Fiction book (2000) -
As Lila and her sister turned to walk into the house, he took the haversack and thrust it elbow-deep into a space between sticks of cordwood stacked on the porch.
Fiction book (1997) -
He decided to buy a full cordwood to ensure they had enough firewood for the cold months ahead.
Synonyms
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1.0
Pieces of wood used to make a fire for heat or cooking
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6.9
Pieces of wood cut small enough to burn in a stove
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Wood used to make fire for cooking or heating
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Etymology
Cordwood comes from cord + 'wood': the cord part means a 'rope' and came to mean a measured bundle or stack of firewood, so imagine wood tied or carefully stacked with a rope. That's why cordwood today means firewood cut and sold in those standard stacks.