Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Wood cut and piled in cords.
- noun Wood sold by the cord.
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- noun Wood suitable for use as
firewood ; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking intocords . - noun Split and cut firewood as an economic commodity.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun firewood cut and stacked in cords; wood sold by the cord
Etymologies
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Examples
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The small module was known as a cordwood module, where the components were stacked together not unlike a cord of wood.
Modern Mechanix 2010
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Kosher Ham: The small module was known as a cordwood module, where the components were stacked together not unlike a ...
Modern Mechanix 2010
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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.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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They were also telling jokes about how they had been issued shovels because the gun control folks had predicted “bodies stacked like cordwood.”
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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.
Bill Chameides: Tanana -- Tiny City in Yukon Takes a Giant Renewable Step Bill Chameides 2011
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Use driftwood or cordwood to build a fire on top of stones.
Happy as a Clambake Gail Monaghan 2011
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Balance the budget by stacking the dead elderly like cordwood.
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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.
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Balance the budget by stacking the dead elderly like cordwood.
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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.
Lettie in the Ozarks Jane Hammons 2011
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