Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Wood cut and piled in cords.
- n. Wood sold by the cord.
Wiktionary
- n. Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords.
- n. Split and cut firewood as an economic commodity.
WordNet 3.0
- n. firewood cut and stacked in cords; wood sold by the cord
Etymologies
- cord + wood (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Kosher Ham: The small module was known as a cordwood module, where the components were stacked together not unlike a ...”
“The small module was known as a cordwood module, where the components were stacked together not unlike a cord of wood.”
“Balance the budget by stacking the dead elderly like cordwood.”
“They were also telling jokes about how they had been issued shovels because the gun control folks had predicted “bodies stacked like cordwood.””
“Bettles stopped long enough to grip him by the slack of his furs, then headed for a pile of cordwood already occupied by a number of his comrades.”
“For food, they cook leaves and berries in steamy pots of nothing, strip pieces and parts from carcasses piled like cordwood at the back of the cave.”
“Use driftwood or cordwood to build a fire on top of stones.”
“When the pictures of naked prisoners at Abu Ghraib, tethered on dog leashes and stacked like cordwood in human pyramids, were broadcast around the world, they served as further confirmation of the supposed contempt Americans had for Arabs.”
“According to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks pdf: By stoking each unit with cordwood just a few times during the day, the system produces enough BTUs to heat the buildings and the 280,000-gallon water storage tank.”
The Huffington Post: Bill Chameides: Tanana -- Tiny City in Yukon Takes a Giant Renewable Step
“Donald, from the top of the pine, saw the devastating berg sweep away the cordwood and disappear down-stream.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cordwood’.
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Cords
cord, cords, spinal cord, corduroy, accord, record, accordion, recorder, cord of wood, cordwood, cordial, cordless and 27 more...
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Monovocalics
Words that have only one of the vowels. On this list I include only words with at least three vowels. When I first started the list, if a word had several forms, I generally listed only the one wit...
syzygy, mirific, cumulus, homolog, monocot, bedewed, jezebel, referee, bikini, minikin, locomotor, terebenthene and 2359 more...
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Forest For The Trees
Words to describe forests, tree parts & tree culture.
petiole, deciduous, phytoremediation, riparian zone, scion, xeriscape, samara, freestone, clingstone, blowdown, butt log, sylvan and 49 more...
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