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greenwood

Syllables: green·woodUK/ˈɡɹiːnwʊd/US/ˈɡɹinwʊd/

greenwood noun: a forest in full leaf, as in summer.

greenwood: a forest in full leaf, as in summer
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Noun

greenwood (countable and uncountable, plural greenwoods)

  1. A forest in full leaf, as in summer.
    • Within a greenewood ſweet of mirtle ſauor, when as the earth was with fayre flowers reuested, I ſaw a ſhepherd, with his Nymph that reſted, […]1588, William Byrd; Giovanni Ferretti, composer, Musica Transalpina: Tenor. Madrigales Translated of Foure, Fiue and Sixe Partes, Chosen out of Diuers Excellent Authors, vvith the first and second...
    • Vnder the greene wood tree, / Who loues to lye with mee, / And turne his merrie Note, / Vnto the ſweet Birds throte: / Come hither, come hither, come hither: / Heere ſhall he ſee no enemie, / But Winter and rough Weather.1599, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. Wood that is green; in other words, not seasoned.
    • For the Spleene. 58 R. Aſhen keyes, and the Greenewood, burne them, & make Lye of the Aſhes: […]1640, T[homas] B[rugis], The Marrovv of Physicke. Or, a Learned Discourse of the Severall Parts of Mans Body. Being a Medicamentary Teaching the Maner and Way of Making and Compounding All Such...
    • In severe winters, when pressed by hunger, they [the inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego] sacrifice the oldest women of their party—holding the head of the sufferer over a fire made of greenwood, to produce suffocation.1839 July, Phillip Parker King, Robert FitzRoy, Charles Darwin, “Art. VI.—Narrative of the Voyages of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle; detailing the various Incidents which occurred during thei...
  3. Certain half-shrubby species of genista.

Proper noun capitalized: Greenwood

IPA/ˈɡɹin.wʊd/

Greenwood (countable and uncountable, plural Greenwoods)

  1. A surname.
  2. A part of Greenwood/Greenbriar, Calgary, Alberta.
  3. A minor city in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia.
  4. A village in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
  5. A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  6. A hamlet in the city of Pickering, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario.
  7. A community in Laurentian Valley township, Renfrew County, Ontario.
  8. A locality in Mohave County, Arizona.
  9. A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County.
  10. An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
  11. A town in Sussex County, Delaware.
  12. A town in Jackson County, Florida.
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  1. An unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Georgia.
  2. A former community in Jerome County, Idaho.
  3. A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
  4. A city in Johnson County, Indiana.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Wayne County, Indiana.
  6. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Wells County, Indiana.
  7. A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
  8. A suburban town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
  9. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  10. A neighbourhood of the town of Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  11. An unincorporated community in Ely Township, Marquette County, Michigan.
  12. A minor city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
  13. A city, the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi.
  14. A city in Jackson County and Cass County, Missouri.
  15. A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
  16. A town in Steuben County, New York.
  17. A neighbourhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nickname: Black Wall Street.
    • “Even after this utter devastation, most people in the Greenwood community, most African Americans in Tulsa said to themselves and to their larger community, ‘we shall not be moved.’ And they rebounded and rebuilt and created an incarnation of Black Wall Street that would surpass its initial...2021 May 20, Ashley Vaughan, “Remembering Black Wall Street: Ways to invest in Tulsa and champion Black businesses”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 May 2021
  18. A census-designated place in Logan Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania.
  19. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
  20. A city, the county seat of Greenwood County, South Carolina.
  21. An unincorporated community in Charles Mix County, South Dakota.
  22. A ghost town in Lawrence County, South Dakota.
  23. A neighbourhood of Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.
  24. An unincorporated community in Midland County, Texas.
  25. A small town in Parker County, or Wise County, Texas.
  26. An unincorporated community in Wise County, Texas.
  27. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
  28. A former community in Bath County, Virginia, now flooded.
  29. An unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington.
  30. A neighbourhood in north-central Seattle, Washington.
  31. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
  32. An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
  33. A ghost town in Fayette County, West Virginia.
  34. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, West Virginia.
  35. A city in Clark County, Wisconsin.
  36. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
  37. A town and unincorporated community in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
  38. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Greenwood Township.
  39. A rural locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland.
  40. A suburb of Perth in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.
  41. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Greenwood County.

greenwood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

greenwood in Hindi

ग्रीनवुड

greenwood in Tamil

கிரீன்வுட்

greenwood in Marathi

ग्रीनवुड, ग्रीनवूड

greenwood in Bengali

গ্রিনউড
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greenwood in Telugu
గ్రీన్వుడ్
greenwood in Malayalam
ഗ്രീൻവുഡ്
greenwood in Kannada
ಗ್ರೀನ್ವುಡ್
greenwood in Punjabi
ਗ੍ਰੀਨਵੁੱਡ, ਗਰੀਨਵੁੱਡ, ਗ੍ਰੀਨਵੁਡ
greenwood in Gujarati
ગ્રીનવુડ
greenwood in Odia
ଗ୍ରୀନଉଡ୍, ଗ୍ରୀନ୍ଉଡ୍
greenwood in Nepali
ग्रीनवुड, ग्रिनवुड

Examples of greenwood in a sentence

  • We who walk the greenwood do many a wild deed, and the Lady Rowena’s deliverance may be received as an atonement.1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance [...] In Three Volumes, Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh; and Hurst...
  • Others who served the village militias shot and killed their siblings who came back from secret guerrilla bases in the greenwoods.2012, Nguyễn Công Luận, Nationalist in the Viet Nam Wars: Memoirs of a Victim Turned Soldier, Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press...
  • When they were young, he kissed her in the greenwood.2014, Mari Ness, In the Greenwood, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN:
  • Never again would the two extremes meet until the birth of what became known as the ‘greenwood movement’ in the 1970s. […] Many people attending a greenwood course never made more than one chair.2012, Edward Mills, Rebecca Oaks, “An Introduction to Greenwood”, in Greenwood Crafts: A Comprehensive Guide, Ramsbury, Wiltshire: Crowood...

Forms of greenwood

Noun
pluralgreenwoods
alternative formgreen-wood
alternative formgreenewood
Proper noun
pluralGreenwoods

Plural of greenwood: greenwoods

Origin of greenwood

From Middle English grene wode (“a forest that is leafed out, a greenwood" also "unseasoned firewood”), equivalent to green + wood.

* Probably from green + wood, an area covered with trees. * The village in Nova Scotia was named for the heavily forested location of the settlement.

Words formed from greenwood

Questions about greenwood

What does greenwood mean?
Greenwood means a forest in full leaf, as in summer.
What is greenwood in Hindi?
Greenwood in Hindi is ग्रीनवुड. See Greenwood meaning in Hindi.
How do you use greenwood in a sentence?
We who walk the greenwood do many a wild deed, and the Lady Rowena’s deliverance may be received as an atonement.
What part of speech is greenwood?
Greenwood can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce greenwood?
Greenwood is pronounced /ˈɡɹiːnwʊd/ (UK).
What is the plural of greenwood?
The plural of greenwood is greenwoods.

Words near greenwood in the dictionary

  1. Greenwich Village
  2. greenwing
  3. greenwinged teal
  4. greenwings
  5. greenwithe
  6. greenwood
  7. Greenwood County
  8. Greenwood Lake
  9. greenwoods
  10. greenwort
  11. greeny

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greenwood (page history and authors); Greenwood (page history and authors); greenwood (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenwood (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenwood (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenwood (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenwood (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenwood (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenwood (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenwood (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenwood (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenwood (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenwood (Nepali, 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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