FIREWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does firewood mean? 

• FIREWOOD (noun)
  The noun FIREWOOD has 1 sense:

1. wood used for fuel

  Familiarity information: FIREWOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIREWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wood used for fuel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Context example:

they collected and cut their own firewood

Hypernyms ("firewood" is a kind of...):

fuel (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "firewood"):

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

backlog (the large log at the back of a hearth fire)

brand; firebrand (a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning)

pine knot (a joint of pine wood used for fuel)

 Context examples 

I seized some of the firewood which was by me, and holding out some of the Wafer, advanced on them towards the fire.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

In the meantime the claim was cleaned up and firewood stocked in.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“Gathering firewood and cooking dinner,” I answered lightly.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

At the first hint of darkness he hastened to make a camp, and he saw to it that he had a generous supply of firewood.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A short time afterwards the mother sent her children into the forest to get firewood.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

"Communities rely on forest resources such as firewood, thatch for roofs, and plants for food and medicine."

(Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants, National Science Foundation)

He hobbled to the torch, where it stood propped among the firewood, and took a fresh light to his pipe.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

And as he had seen horses work, so he was set to work, hauling François on a sled to the forest that fringed the valley, and returning with a load of firewood.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I did not like to leave him, under such circumstances, and we all three dined together off a beefsteak pie—which was one of the many good things for which Peggotty was famous—and which was curiously flavoured on this occasion, I recollect well, by a miscellaneous taste of tea, coffee, butter, bacon, cheese, new loaves, firewood, candles, and walnut ketchup, continually ascending from the shop.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The last chance wayfarer had left a supply of firewood.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)