whitewood
Any of several deciduous trees, some used for furniture, such as the tulip treeAny of several deciduous trees, some used for furniture, such as the tulip tree.: Terminalia buceras (black olive, gregory wood), a Caribbean tree
Meaning
9 sensesAny of several deciduous trees, some used for furniture, such as the tulip tree.
(countable, uncountable)Terminalia buceras (black olive, gregory wood), a Caribbean tree
(countable, uncountable)Coccoloba krugii (whitewood seagrape), of the neotropics
(countable, uncountable)Petrobium atboreum (Saint Helena whitewood), an endemic tree of the island of St Helena
(countable, uncountable)An Australian rainforest tree of species Elaeocarpus kirtonii (brown-heart quandong, mountain beech, Mowbullan whitewood, pigeonberry ash, silver quandong, white quandong, white beech)
(countable, uncountable)Elaeocarpus obovatus (blueberry-ash), freckled oliveberry, grey carrobean, hard quandong), an Australian rainforest tree
(countable, uncountable)Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip poplar), a large flowering tree of North America.
(countable, uncountable)Tabebuia heterophylla (white cedar), of the Caribbean and South America.
(uncountable)Wood of these trees or of spruce (Picea spp.)
(countable, uncountable)A prototype version of a pinball table, without the final artwork.
- light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
Origin
From white + wood.From white + wood.
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Forms
plural: whitewoods| Singular | whitewood |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer:tulipwoodtrue tulipwoodwhite poplaryellow poplar
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable