firewood

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Recent Examples of firewood Employees were provided access to educational opportunities and housing stocked with firewood, and they were invited to the estate’s annual Christmas celebration. — Abby Price, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026 That convenient touch keeps your firewood neat, organized, and ready to go at a moment’s notice. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2026 Locate firewood and propane gas tanks at least 50 feet from the structure. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 In the first three years, combustible materials like firewood, dead leaves, branches, mulch and wood chips would have to be cleared 5 feet around homes. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for firewood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firewood
Noun
  • For a school like Georgia, which has consistently stacked elite talent like cordwood in the Kirby Smart era, those are compounded.
    — Jeff Sentell, AJC.com, 17 June 2026
  • In the short video, a giant mass of salmon — an uncountable number of fish — are stacked up like cordwood in the narrow stream.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The four-bedroom’s great room includes 19-foot wood ceilings, stone floors, and glass walls.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In my early teens I was taught to carve stone and wood by an eccentric genius called Don Potter.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Kamas, Utah, a small community of about 2,100 residents at the scenic intersection of the Wasatch Range and Uinta Mountains, has long been shaped by cattle ranching and the lumber industry.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Contractors and woodworkers who examined the structure told Thigpen the lumber appears to have been milled on site.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Shrinking and reshaping the light The researchers used an ultrafast laser and engineered its beam so that its energy was concentrated into an extremely small region.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • These timber floor structures negate the need for downstand beams (which project below the underside of the floor slab and support it).
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Firewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firewood. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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