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harewood

UK/ˈhɛːwʊd/

harewood noun: stained sycamore maple wood, used in cabinet making.

Noun

harewood (uncountable)

  1. stained sycamore maple wood, used in cabinet making

Proper noun capitalized: Harewood

Harewood (countable and uncountable, plural Harewoods)

  1. A civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England, served by Llanwarne and District Group Parish Council (OS grid ref SO5328).
  2. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2245).
  3. A neighbourhood of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
  4. An unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
  5. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, and the location of Christchurch Airport.
  6. A surname.
  7. An English earldom.

Forms of harewood

Noun
alternative formairwood
alternative formhairwood
Proper noun
pluralHarewoods

Origin of harewood

From Old English hāra, definite form of hār (“grey”) + wudu (“wood, forest”).

Questions about harewood

What does harewood mean?
Harewood means stained sycamore maple wood, used in cabinet making.
What part of speech is harewood?
Harewood can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce harewood?
Harewood is pronounced /ˈhɛːwʊd/ (UK).

Words near harewood in the dictionary

  1. haress
  2. haresses
  3. harestail
  4. harestails
  5. Harestock
  6. harewood
  7. Harewoods
  8. Harezm
  9. Harezmian
  10. Harezmians
  11. harfang

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