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shittimwood

shittimwood noun: wood of the shittim (Vachelia seval).

Noun

shittimwood (uncountable)

  1. Wood of the shittim (Vachelia seval).
    • ¶ And they shall make an Arke of Shittim wood: two cubites and a halfe shalbe the length thereof, and a cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof, and a cubite & a halfe the height thereof.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 25:10

Forms of shittimwood

alternative formshittim wood

Origin of shittimwood

From shittim (plural of "shittah") + wood.

Questions about shittimwood

What does shittimwood mean?
Shittimwood means wood of the shittim (Vachelia seval).
What part of speech is shittimwood?
Shittimwood is a noun.

Words near shittimwood in the dictionary

  1. shittifies
  2. shittify
  3. shittifying
  4. shittily
  5. shittim
  6. shittimwood
  7. shittin'
  8. shittiness
  9. shitting
  10. shitting a brick
  11. shitting bricks

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