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ELMWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does elmwood mean?
• ELMWOOD (noun)
The noun ELMWOOD has 1 sense:
1. hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
Familiarity information: ELMWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
elm; elmwood
Hypernyms ("elmwood" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("elmwood" is a substance of...):
elm; elm tree (any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees)
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