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bogwood

bogwood noun: the dark, shiny wood of trees, especially oaks, dug up from peat bogs, sometimes used for making ornaments.

Noun

bogwood (usually uncountable, plural bogwoods)

  1. (usually) The dark, shiny wood of trees, especially oaks, dug up from peat bogs, sometimes used for making ornaments.

Forms of bogwood

pluralbogwoods
alternative formbog-wood
alternative formbog wood

Origin of bogwood

From bog + wood.

Questions about bogwood

What does bogwood mean?
Bogwood means the dark, shiny wood of trees, especially oaks, dug up from peat bogs, sometimes used for making ornaments.
What part of speech is bogwood?
Bogwood is a noun.
What is the plural of bogwood?
The plural of bogwood is bogwoods.

Words near bogwood in the dictionary

  1. bogusly
  2. bogusmaker
  3. bogusmakers
  4. bogusness
  5. bogwera
  6. bogwood
  7. bogwoods
  8. bogwort
  9. bogy
  10. bogyism
  11. bogyman

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