Synonyms for firewood

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fahyuh r-woo d

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪərˌwʊd

Définition of firewood

Origin : late 14c., from fire (n.) + wood (n.).

noun cordwood

Example sentences :

The early habitant was laying in his day's supply of firewood.
Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr

Children were gathering roots and thorn branches for firewood.
Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke

I 've seen him harness the donkey, and go off for a load of firewood.
Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever

Their families ate the birds, and the hencoop was split into firewood with a hatchet.
Extract from : « Amy Foster » by Joseph Conrad

This place was used for the storage of firewood, but just now was almost empty.
Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer

I've got it all in shape for you, with plenty of firewood and everything.
Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer

As he gathered the firewood and filled the Yukon stove, he hummed a merry air.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

She brought in the heap of firewood, flung it into the stove, and set it alight.
Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston

Thus the Hermit was left free to return to his firewood and the safety of his cabin.
Extract from : « Followers of the Trail » by Zoe Meyer

I had to make them go and hunt for firewood, they might just as well have had no hands.
Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole

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