lightwood
lightwood noun: any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.
Noun (1)
lightwood (uncountable)
Noun (2)
lightwood (plural lightwoods)
- Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon.
Proper noun capitalized: Lightwood
Lightwood
- A locality in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, on the border with Sheffield (OS grid ref SK3782).
- A hamlet in Ditton Priors parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO6491).
- A hamlet in Hinstock parish, north Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6929).
- A suburb of Cheadle, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0142).
- A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, south-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SJ9241).
- A surname.
Forms of lightwood
| plural | lightwoods |
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Origin of lightwood
From light (noun) + wood (noun).
From light (“bright, pale”, adjective) + wood (noun).
Words formed from lightwood
Questions about lightwood
- What does lightwood mean?
- Lightwood means any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.
- What part of speech is lightwood?
- Lightwood can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of lightwood?
- The plural of lightwood is lightwoods.
Words near lightwood in the dictionary
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