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FIREWOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wood used for fuel
Example:
they collected and cut their own firewood
Classified under:
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:
Mit- sah, alone, gathering firewood in the forest, encountered the boy that had been bitten.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
They hauled cabin logs and firewood, freighted up to the mines, and did all manner of work that horses did in the Santa Clara Valley.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The rest had long been up and had already breakfasted and increased the pile of firewood by about half as much again when I was wakened by a bustle and the sound of voices.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I thought of our snug little huts, our supplies of meat and oil and moss and firewood, and I knew that we could never survive the wintry sea and the great storms which were to come.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
They had barely time left over for the preparation of meals and the getting of firewood.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Once at the tree, he studied the surrounding forest in order to fell the tree in the direction of the most firewood.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag, and piled like so much firewood outside the spruce-bough lodge.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
We bargained, him and I, and here we are: stores, brandy, block house, the firewood you was thoughtful enough to cut, and in a manner of speaking, the whole blessed boat, from cross-trees to kelson.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
There was a fumbling at the latch, then the door swung in and Haythorne entered with an armful of firewood.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Some pitched the flies, others cut firewood and pine boughs for the beds, and still others carried water or ice for the cooks.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
