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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A reddish-brown wood and lumber from the heartwood of the sweet gum tree.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture

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Examples

  • His hands had searched for a certain "feel" of wood, discarding one after another until he found an old hazelwood stick, debarked and bleached nearly white.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  • Missouri clayton and baxter 14815 clayton rd chesterfield mo sr n & i64 7827 hwy n dardenne prairie mo graham & i 270 1261 graham rd florissant mo howdershell & dunn 6045 howdershell rd hazelwood mo

    A Complete List Of Starbucks Locations That Will Be Closing - The Consumerist 2008

  • Walking sticks of hazelwood or blackthorn, crafted in Ireland, come in a variety of styles from the Hooligan to St. Patrick.

    Gift Suggestions for Travelers 2007

  • As a replacement for wooden casks, some beech or hazelwood chips may be thrown into the tank for flavor.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • As a replacement for wooden casks, some beech or hazelwood chips may be thrown into the tank for flavor.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • The grip was a dowel of hazelwood with shallow finger grooves.

    Lord of the Isles 1997

  • His hands had searched for a certain "feel" of wood, discarding one after another until he found an old hazelwood stick, debarked and bleached nearly white.

    The Dragons of Chaos Weis, Margaret 1997

  • Long afterwards I heard that he shot it through the dining-room window on a dart of hazelwood while my aunt and Mrs Cottier were at lunch.

    Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

  • Before the hut lay a long garden-bed, in which the holy youth grew beans in their season, and other vegetables at other times; for it was on these, with nuts from the hazelwood, and grasses of which I know not the names (though he has told me of them many times), with water from the stream, that he sustained his life.

    The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary Robert Hugh Benson 1892

  • For example, in one corner of the apartment there stood a hazelwood bureau with a bulging body on four grotesque legs — the perfect image of a bear.

    Dead Souls 1842

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