lacewood
lacewood · lacewoods
Any of several types of wood with a coarse texture, but especially that from several…Any of several types of wood with a coarse texture, but especially that from several varieties of sycamore.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Any of several types of wood with a coarse texture, but especially that from several varieties of sycamore.
(countable)Any tree of the numerous species that yield such wood
More definitions
- variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
Origin
From lace + wood.From lace + wood.
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Forms
plural: lacewoodsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree:sycamore
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable