woodcutter

noun

wood·​cut·​ter ˈwu̇d-ˌkə-tər How to pronounce woodcutter (audio)
: one that cuts wood

Examples of woodcutter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Maybe your memory is being influenced by the season's rhythms, the frequency of storms, whether the last one split your palo verde tree like a Canadian woodcutter. Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2024 The drama intertwines the fate of a Jewish family, including newborn twins, deported to Auschwitz, with that of a poor and childless woodcutter couple living deep in a Polish forest. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 May 2024 The drama intertwines the fate of a Jewish family, including newborn twins, who is arrested in Paris and deported to Auschwitz, with that of a poor and childless woodcutter couple living in the depths of a Polish forest. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 22 Apr. 2024 The trust also hired local men as woodcutters to remove the invasive Mexican weeping pines the British had planted once the cedar was gone, in an attempt to bring back a balance of indigenous species. Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for woodcutter 

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Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of woodcutter was in 1600

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“Woodcutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woodcutter. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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woodcutter

noun
wood·​cut·​ter -ˌkət-ər How to pronounce woodcutter (audio)
: one that cuts wood especially as an occupation

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