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Atwood

/ˈætˌwʊd/

Atwood proper noun: a surname; an English topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood.

Proper noun

Atwood (countable and uncountable, plural Atwoods)

  1. A surname; an English topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood.
    • The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her...2008 May 30, Felicia R. Lee, “Harry Potter Prequel for Charity”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023
  2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Logan County, Colorado, United States, derived from the surname.
  3. A small city, the county seat of Rawlins County, Kansas, United States.

Forms of Atwood

pluralAtwoods
alternative formAttwood

Words formed from Atwood

Phrases with Atwood

Questions about Atwood

What does Atwood mean?
Atwood means a surname; an English topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood.
What part of speech is Atwood?
Atwood is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Atwood?
Atwood is pronounced /ˈætˌwʊd/.

Words near Atwood in the dictionary

  1. atwites
  2. atwiting
  3. atwitter
  4. atwix
  5. atwixt
  6. Atwood
  7. Atwood machine
  8. Atwood machines
  9. Atwood number
  10. Atwood numbers
  11. Atwood's Law

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