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wood knot

wood knot noun: the cross-section or remnants of where a branch grew from the trunk of the tree, appearing as a circular or irregular pattern in the lumber.

wood knot: the cross-section or remnants of where a branch grew from the trunk of the tree, appearing as a...
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Noun

wood knot (plural wood knots)

  1. The cross-section or remnants of where a branch grew from the trunk of the tree, appearing as a circular or irregular pattern in the lumber.

Forms of wood knot

pluralwood knots

Origin of wood knot

From wood + knot.

Questions about wood knot

What does wood knot mean?
Wood knot means the cross-section or remnants of where a branch grew from the trunk of the tree, appearing as a circular or irregular pattern in the lumber.
What part of speech is wood knot?
Wood knot is a noun.
What is the plural of wood knot?
The plural of wood knot is wood knots.

Words near wood knot in the dictionary

  1. wood horsetails
  2. wood hyacinth
  3. wood ibis
  4. wood ibises
  5. Wood Islands
  6. wood knot
  7. Wood Lane
  8. wood leader
  9. wood leaders
  10. wood lemming
  11. wood lemmings

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