cordwoods

Definition of cordwoodsnext
plural of cordwood

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Noun
  • Throughout the property, the original building's bones— beams, tiles, pillars, and window frames—were gently restored to show their age and patina, not conceal it.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026
  • When these rapidly spinning neutron stars blast out radiation from their poles, that radiation sweeps across the cosmos like beams of light from a cosmic lighthouse.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Built in the late nineteen-twenties, the park sits on more than eight acres at the foot of the hill where Carlsberg ran its original brewery, and is ringed by apartment blocks, schools, and churches.
    Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Many of the low-rise apartment blocks are only partially filled, often not by miners but by people attracted to cheap housing.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The new subdivision would be on the east side of Jefferson Lane on part of a 13-acre tract that’s a mix of open fields and woods.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Taylor was discharged after four days, weak and exhausted but out of the woods.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Cordwoods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cordwoods. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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