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deerwood

deerwood noun: an area of woodland where deer can be found.

Noun

deerwood (plural deerwoods)

  1. An area of woodland where deer can be found.
    • No one be^([sic]) permitted in the deerwoods UNTIL three hours before the time set to hunt. This word "until" reverses the meaning of the sentence.1953, Pennsylvania Game News, volume 24, page 58

Forms of deerwood

pluraldeerwoods

Origin of deerwood

From deer + wood.

Questions about deerwood

What does deerwood mean?
Deerwood means an area of woodland where deer can be found.
What part of speech is deerwood?
Deerwood is a noun.
What is the plural of deerwood?
The plural of deerwood is deerwoods.

Words near deerwood in the dictionary

  1. deertongue
  2. deervetch
  3. deervetches
  4. deerweed
  5. deerweeds
  6. deerwood
  7. deerwoods
  8. deeryard
  9. deeryards
  10. dees
  11. deescalate

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