ironwood
Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia stenophylla, or…Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.: Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia stenophylla, or Erythrophleum chlorostachys.
Meaning
35 sensesAny of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
(Australia, countable, uncountable)Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia stenophylla, or Erythrophleum chlorostachys.
(countable, uncountable)Aegiphilia martinicensis
(countable, uncountable)Afzelia africana
(countable, uncountable)Astronium spp.
(countable, uncountable)Backhousia myrtifolia
(countable, uncountable)Carpinus caroliniana
(countable, uncountable)Casuarina cristata
(countable, uncountable)Chionanthus caymanensis
(countable, uncountable)Cliftonia monophylla
(countable, uncountable)Colubrina elliptica
(countable, uncountable)Combretum imberbe
(countable, uncountable)Cordia subcordata
- exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
- medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
- handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
- a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From iron + wood, because of its toughness.From iron + wood, because of its toughness.
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Forms
plural: ironwoodsSynonyms
7 synonyms- medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America:Eastern hop hornbeamironwood treeOstrya virginiana
- handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties:rose chestnutironwood treeMesua ferrea
- a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape:iron treeiron-treeironwood tree
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable