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Recent Examples of firewood
In the case of patios with fireplaces or pits, stacking firewood thoughtfully doubles as storage and display.
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Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026
And the smell of leña—of firewood—for me, reminds me of Texas, and home, and my childhood.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2026
The firewood was stored in an arched nook at the far end of the kitchen counter.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she's expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed.
—Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026
And the smell of leña—of firewood—for me, reminds me of Texas, and home, and my childhood.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2026
The firewood was stored in an arched nook at the far end of the kitchen counter.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she's expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed.
—Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firewood
Noun
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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
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Some of the early subscriptions to the Litchfield Independent were paid for with cordwood, farm produce or muskrat skins.—
Terry Shaw,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2024
Noun
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Prioritize a deck or any other structural wood over something like a split-rail fence.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
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In the woods outside Carmel, New York, a hunter finds the bones of a twelve-year-old girl, and the unraveling begins.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But someone on every construction crew must endlessly ferry supplies from the lumber yard to the site.—
Nick Morton,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2026
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From being a major cotton and lumber port in the 19th century to producing some of the East Coast’s most revered oysters in recent years, this riverside town has remnants of history around every corner.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The cost of the six-story hotel with its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture came in at nearly $1 million, or more than $18 million in today’s money, and featured marble floors, private baths, steel beams, and an electric elevator.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Puryear has created an outdoor sculpture to honor the late civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis via Bending the Arc, a 34-foot-long beam that Puryear hand-carved in wood and then was 3D-scanned and fabricated in stainless steel.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Firewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firewood. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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