firewood
Syllables: fire·wood/ˈfa.ə(ɹ).wʊd//ˈfaɪ.ə(ɹ).wʊd/
firewood noun: wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.
Noun
firewood (countable and uncountable, plural firewoods)
- Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.
- After many days of hard work, we finally had enough firewood for the winter.
firewood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
firewood in Hindi
- wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- लकड़ी lakṛī
firewood in Tamil
- wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- விறகு viṟaku
firewood in Marathi
- शेकोटीचे लाकूड
firewood in Urdu
- wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- لَکْڑی lakṛī
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- firewood in Bengali
- জ্বাল jal
- firewood in Telugu
- ఇంధనము indhanamu
- firewood in Malayalam
- വിറക് viṟakŭ
- firewood in Kannada
- ಸೌದೆ, ಕಟ್ಟಿಗೆ, ಉರುವಲು, ಅಡುಗಬ್ಬು
- firewood in Gujarati
- જળણ jaḷṇa, ઇંધન indhan, બળતણ baḷtaṇ, ઈંધણ ī̃dhaṇ
- firewood in Odia
- ଜାଳେଣୀ କାଠ
- firewood in Sanskrit
- एध edha
- firewood in Assamese
- খৰি khori
- firewood in Nepali
- दाउरा dāurā
- firewood in Tagalog
- panggatong
- firewood in Arabic
- حَطَب ḥaṭab
- firewood in Malay
- kayu api
- firewood in Indonesian
- kayu bakar
- firewood in Thai
- ฟืน fʉʉn
- firewood in Vietnamese
- củi
- firewood in Myanmar
- ထင်း htang:
Examples of firewood in a sentence
- We cut down the limbless tree for firewood. It was dead anyways.
- This type of firewood puts off a strong smell.
- They had to scavenge the forest for firewood.
Forms of firewood
| plural | firewoods |
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Origin of firewood
From Middle English ferwode, fyrewoode, equivalent to fire + wood.
Words formed from firewood
Phrases with firewood
Words that rhyme with firewood
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Questions about firewood
- What does firewood mean?
- Firewood means wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.
- What is firewood in Hindi?
- Firewood in Hindi is लकड़ी (lakṛī). See Firewood meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is firewood?
- Firewood is a noun.
- How do you pronounce firewood?
- Firewood is pronounced /ˈfaɪ.ə(ɹ).wʊd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of firewood?
- The plural of firewood is firewoods.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: firewood (page history and authors); firewood (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ఇంధనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); firewood (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); firewood (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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