Definition of firewood
: wood used for fuel
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Examples of firewood in a Sentence
They chopped enough firewood to last the winter.
Recent Examples of firewood from the Web
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Magsig pointed out the mismatched fence boards along the property line, the result of a man who continues to rip the slats down to burn for firewood.
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All are seen working incessantly; cooking, cleaning and bringing in firewood while they are also occupied with building up their town with a school and other public buildings.
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Once summer rolls around, use them to collect firewood or move burning logs in the campfire.
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Dozens of posts have offered free goods, ranging from beds to firewood, unused children’s toys to Final Cut Pro editing manuals.
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The firewood line was in reference to his first-inning single, a grounder clocked at 117 miles per hour that drove in the first two Yankees runs, and his seventh-inning double — both splintered his pink Mother’s Day bats.
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Hannah fills the pages with the terror, awe, beauty and almost unimaginable remoteness of the magnificent landscape, where a failure to stock enough firewood can mean freezing to death, and a single slippery misstep on a trail can end a life.
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Prosecutors allege DeAngelo broke into their Ventura home, tied the pair with drapery cord and raped Charlene Smith before fatally beating the couple with a log of firewood.
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Just beyond the city limits of Pyongyang, farmers are still ploughing fields with oxen; women carry big bundles of firewood on their backs.
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First Known Use of firewood
14th century
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Definition of firewood for English Language Learners
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: wood used to make a fire : wood used as fuel
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