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Recent Examples of firewood
Purchase firewood at the site, cook over an open fire, and spend the day on the James River.
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Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
The tractor was a vintage model used in summer for grading, hauling firewood, and other such chores.
—Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden.
Making firewood.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Over the years, these figures have come to populate the village, hanging from swings, riding bicycles, gathering firewood, and silently greeting their flesh-and-blood neighbors.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
The tractor was a vintage model used in summer for grading, hauling firewood, and other such chores.
—Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden.
Making firewood.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Over the years, these figures have come to populate the village, hanging from swings, riding bicycles, gathering firewood, and silently greeting their flesh-and-blood neighbors.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firewood
Noun
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Straw bale houses fall into the same category as cordwood.—
John Schandelmeier,
Anchorage Daily News,
28 May 2022
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And the things he was made to do, lest he be shot or thrown, still living, but just barely, into the piles of corpses stacked like cordwood in streets, fields, along the fence lines of the ghettos and death camps in which he was confined.—
Robert Wilonsky,
Dallas News,
14 Jan. 2020
Noun
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Sarah wounds Cody with a corkscrew and reaches Frida in the woods just in time to kill the bodyguard with a large rock.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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The wicker details and sleek wood coffee table make both pieces look ultra classic, but they’re also designed with wear and tear in mind.—
Carly Totten,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Everything from building homes to laying train tracks depended on the ability to harvest lumber in forests.—
Johnathan K Williams / Made by History,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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Specifically regarding lumber, though, increased tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump on Canada, a major source, might burden supply chains and raise prices, which will be absorbed by homeowners.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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On the center pier — a vertical support structure — five out of the six timber beams showed severe decay.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Feb. 2025
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In a Houston home designed by Bankston May Associates, bold geometric patterns with rich blue accents and rustic wood beams were chosen to create a serene bedroom retreat with classic modern elements.—
Dan Howarth,
Architectural Digest,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Firewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firewood. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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