Examples of firewood in a Sentence
They chopped enough firewood to last the winter.
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Amenities include 11 bathhouses, volleyball courts, and access to a camp store stocked with food, firewood, and bike rentals.
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 21 Apr. 2025
Six roaches died under a firewood cart and in front of a kitchen reach-in cooler.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Something as innocent as spreading woodchips on flowerbeds or piling firewood by a back wall can be calamitous when burning leaves and bark are floating overhead.
—Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Eleven people live there, using firewood to cook their meals and bake their bread.
—Eric Nagourney, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 21 Apr. 2025
Six roaches died under a firewood cart and in front of a kitchen reach-in cooler.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Something as innocent as spreading woodchips on flowerbeds or piling firewood by a back wall can be calamitous when burning leaves and bark are floating overhead.
—Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Eleven people live there, using firewood to cook their meals and bake their bread.
—Eric Nagourney, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Firewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firewood. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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firewood
noun
fire·wood
-ˌwu̇d 
: wood cut for fuel
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