LACEWOOD

sycamore, lacewood

(noun) variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lacewood (uncountable)

Any of several types of wood with a coarse texture, but especially that from several varieties of sycamore.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

15 June 2025

SCHNORR

(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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