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fatwood

fatwood noun: a heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar.

Noun

fatwood (countable and uncountable, plural fatwoods)

  1. A heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar.
    • He stacked split pieces of well-seasoned, thoroughly dry oak, and started a fire using some newspaper and fatwood, a resinous pinewood that flames easily.2009 May 20, Oliver Schwaner-Albright, “Grilling Over Wood as a Sweaty, Smoky Sport”, in New York Times

Forms of fatwood

pluralfatwoods

Origin of fatwood

From fat + wood.

Questions about fatwood

What does fatwood mean?
Fatwood means a heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar.
What part of speech is fatwood?
Fatwood is a noun.
What is the plural of fatwood?
The plural of fatwood is fatwoods.

Words near fatwood in the dictionary

  1. fatwahing
  2. fatwahs
  3. fatwaing
  4. fatware
  5. fatwas
  6. fatwood
  7. fatwoods
  8. FATX
  9. Fatzinger
  10. Fatzingers
  11. fatḥa

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