sandalwood
/ˈsandəlwʊd/
sandalwood noun: any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.
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Noun
sandalwood (countable and uncountable, plural sandalwoods)
- Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.
- The aromatic heartwood of these trees used in ornamental carving, in the construction of insect-repellent boxes and chests, and as a source of certain perfumes.
- You ſhall put in a little bag the Powder of Sandalwood with the aforeſaid well-ſcenting Spices, and heart-ſtrengthening Powders, and lay it warm upon the left breaſt.1680, T. K., The Kitchin-Phyſician; Or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining Their Families in Health. […] , To cure the Palpitation of the Heart, page 70
- The branches of the white cedar will keep off moths when placed amongst clothes or furs. Boxes of red cedar (cedar of Lebanon) will do the same, as also sandalwood.1847, R. G. A. Levinge, Echoes from the Backwoods; Or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life, second edition, volume 1, London: Henry Colburn, Appendix § Notes on the Trees of New Brunswick, page 288
Proper noun capitalized: Sandalwood
Sandalwood
sandalwood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sandalwood in Hindi
- any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum
- चन्दन candan, सन्दल sandal, संदल sandal
- the aromatic heartwood of the trees of the genus Santalum
- चन्दन candan, सन्दल sandal
sandalwood in Tamil
- the aromatic heartwood of the trees of the genus Santalum
- சந்தனம் cantaṉam
sandalwood in Marathi
- any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum
- चंदन candan
sandalwood in Urdu
- any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum
- چندن ćandan, صندل sandal
- the aromatic heartwood of the trees of the genus Santalum
- چندن ćandan, صندل sandal
More languagesFewer languages
- sandalwood in Bengali
- চন্দন condon
- sandalwood in Telugu
- చందనం candanaṁ
- sandalwood in Malayalam
- ചന്ദനം candanaṁ
- sandalwood in Kannada
- ಚಂದನ candana
- sandalwood in Punjabi
- ਚੰਦਨ candan
- sandalwood in Gujarati
- ચંદન candan, સુખડ sukhaḍ
- sandalwood in Sanskrit
- चन्दन candana
- sandalwood in Assamese
- চন্দন sondon
- sandalwood in Tagalog
- apalit
- sandalwood in Arabic
- صَنْدَل ṣandal
- sandalwood in Indonesian
- cendana
- sandalwood in Thai
- จันทน์ jan
Examples of sandalwood in a sentence
- Sandalwood is a favorite cosmetic with Burmese ladies.1873, Edward Balfour, editor, Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific: Products of the...
- Wines can be described with words like cigar box and “pencil lead,” or flinty or with hints of sandalwood — oenophiles can veer into what many might deem pretentiousness pretty quick.2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 15...
Forms of sandalwood
| plural | sandalwoods |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sandal-wood |
Origin of sandalwood
From sandal + wood, the first component being from Middle English sandal (“sandalwood”), from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /čandal/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”).
From the word sandalwood, a local product, as a reference to Bollywood.
Words formed from sandalwood
- bastard sandalwood
- blue sandalwood
- false sandalwood
- Indian sandalwood
- sandalwood defoliator
- Sandalwood English
Questions about sandalwood
- What does sandalwood mean?
- Sandalwood means any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.
- What is sandalwood in Hindi?
- Sandalwood in Hindi is चन्दन (candan), सन्दल (sandal), संदल (sandal). See Sandalwood meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use sandalwood in a sentence?
- Sandalwood is a favorite cosmetic with Burmese ladies.
- What part of speech is sandalwood?
- Sandalwood can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sandalwood?
- Sandalwood is pronounced /ˈsandəlwʊd/.
- What is the plural of sandalwood?
- The plural of sandalwood is sandalwoods.
Words near sandalwood in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sandalwood (page history and authors); Sandalwood (page history and authors); ચંદન (Gujarati) (page history and authors); চন্দন (Assamese) (page history and authors). 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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