CORDWOOD

cordwood

(noun) firewood cut and stacked in cords; wood sold by the cord

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cordwood (countable and uncountable, plural cordwoods)

Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords.

Split and cut firewood as an economic commodity.

Source: Wiktionary



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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