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PRONUNCIATION OF BULLETWOOD

bulletwood  [ˈbʊlɪtˌwʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BULLETWOOD

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determiner
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Bulletwood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BULLETWOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bulletwood

Manilkara bidentata

Manilkara bidentata is a species of Manilkara native to a large area of northern South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Common names include balatá, ausubo, massaranduba, and "cow-tree". Balatá is a large tree, growing to 30–45 m tall. The leaves are alternate, elliptical, entire, and 10–20 cm long. The flowers are white, and are produced at the beginning of the rainy season. The fruit is a yellow berry, 3–5 cm in diameter, which is edible; it contains one seed. Its latex is used industrially for products such as chicle.

Definition of bulletwood in the English dictionary

The definition of bulletwood in the dictionary is the wood of a tropical American sapotaceous tree, Manilkara bidentata, widely used for construction due to its durability and toughness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BULLETWOOD


bentwood
ˈbɛntˌwʊd
Bollywood
ˈbɒlɪˌwʊd
Brentwood
ˈbrɛntˌwʊd
coltwood
ˈkəʊltˌwʊd
driftwood
ˈdrɪftˌwʊd
fatwood
ˈfætˌwʊd
Fleetwood
ˈfliːtˌwʊd
fruitwood
ˈfruːtˌwʊd
giltwood
ˈɡɪltˌwʊd
heartwood
ˈhɑːtˌwʊd
Hollywood
ˈhɒlɪˌwʊd
latewood
ˈleɪtˌwʊd
lightwood
ˈlaɪtˌwʊd
nutwood
ˈnʌtˌwʊd
softwood
ˈsɒftˌwʊd
splintwood
ˈsplɪntˌwʊd
sweetwood
ˈswiːtˌwʊd
walnutwood
ˈwɔːlnʌtˌwʊd
Westwood
ˈwɛstˌwʊd
whitewood
ˈwaɪtˌwʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BULLETWOOD

buller
bullet
bullet hole
bullet point
bullet train
bullet wound
bullet-headed
bullet-like
bullet-resistant
bulletin
bulletin board
bulletproof
bulletproof vest
bulletrie
bullfight
bullfighter
bullfighting
bullfinch
bullfrog
bullgine

WORDS THAT END LIKE BULLETWOOD

Atwood
blackwood
cottonwood
Eastwood
elmwood
firewood
from the wood
Goodwood
greenwood
Isherwood
oakwood
out of the wood
plywood
redwood
rosewood
Sherwood
Tollywood
underwood
wildwood
wood

Synonyms and antonyms of bulletwood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bulletwood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BULLETWOOD

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The translations of bulletwood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bulletwood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bulletwood
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bulletwood
570 millions of speakers

English

bulletwood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bulletwood
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

bulletwood
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bulletwood
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bulletwood
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bulletwood
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bulletwood
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bulletwood
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bullet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bulletwood
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bulletwood
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bulletwood
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bulletwood
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bulletwood
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बुलेटवुड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bulletwood
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bulletwood
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Bulletwood
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bulletwood
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bulletwood
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

bulletwood
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

bulletwood
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

bulletwood
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

bulletwood
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bulletwood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BULLETWOOD»

The term «bulletwood» is used very little and occupies the 174.632 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BULLETWOOD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bulletwood» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bulletwood» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bulletwood

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BULLETWOOD»

Discover the use of bulletwood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bulletwood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Thai Herbal: Traditional Recipes for Health and Harmony ...
Bulletwood. Mimusops elengi Mak sa koun Action: Antipyretic, Antirheumatic, Cardiac, Female Tonic, Sedative Taste: Aromatic Part Used: Flower, Wood Internal Application: The bulletwood flower, like 144.
C. Pierce Salguero, 2010
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a wood testing programme carried out for undp/sf project 234 ...
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES: In the table the properties of Nispero (Manilkara r-. chras) ere compared with those of Bulletwood (Menilkara bidontata) from differ out sources. The test material from Panama is inferior in its bending properties to  ...
3
Life Notes: Reflections of a British Virgin Islander
Also worthy of note is the preservation of the stand of Bulletwood at Sage Mountain and the relocation of over three hundred seedlings from outside to within the park area. Nowhere else in the Lesser Antilles is the Balata or Bulletwood to be ...
Joseph Reynold O'Neal, 2004
4
A Birder’s West Indies: An Island-by-Island Tour
Fig and bulletwood trees were most impressive. The fig trees were easily recognized by their distinct aerial roots that often extended from their branches to the ground. Bulletwood trees, with tall straight trunks and thick brown bark, can grow to ...
Roland H. Wauer, 2010
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Use of green moisture content and basic specific gravity to ...
Estimate Actual DRYING Botanical Name Common Name Reference Gb Mg% Mg% DTI GROUP Miliusa velutina Domsal 14 0.626 72.9 64.4 1.007 8 Millettia pendula Thinwin 14 0.867 34.7 43.0 1.029 8 Mimusops elengi Bulletwood 14 0.740 ...
Syarif Hidayat, William T. Simpson, Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.), 1994
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Tropical Woods
As reported in an earlier phase of this study, Bulletwood is prone to check badly and to caseharden moderately in air seasoning. Warp was only slight in the material seasoned for this study. Bulletwood is a difficult wood to season and must be ...
Samuel James Record, 1952
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Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield: Ancient Forests in a ...
12 Bulletwood trees do not continuously produce balata latex. The latex is stored in elongated cells wedged between the corky and vascular cambia that run parallel to the main trunk axis. When cut, the latex flows downwards from that portion ...
D. S. Hammond, 2005
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Major timber trees of Guyana: timber characteristics and ...
... 28a Bakoeri Pakuri 56 Balata Bulletwood 44 Balata burue Bulletwood 44 Balata franc Bulletwood 44 Balata gomme Bulletwood 44 Balata jaune d'oeuf Limonaballi/Paripiballi 17 Balata rouge Bulletwood 44 Balata singe rouge Kokoritiballi ...
J. Gérard, Regis B. Miller, Ben J. H. Welle, 1996
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Queensland Agricultural Journal
... Myrtle Tronwood Mvrtle Black Palm' Purple Bulletwood Red Bulletwood Brown Bulletwood White Bulletwood Silver Bulletwood Red Cocobolo Yellow Ironbox Rose Spearwood Iron Spearwood Brigalow Spearwood Gidya Spearwood Brown ...
10
Dictionary of Jamaican English
1952 FGC Man, Black bug, a wasp, or insect similar to a big wasp. BLACK BULLET, BLACK BULLY-TREE sb. A variety of bulletwood. 1864 Grisebach 782, Bully-tree, black: Dipholis nigra. 1941 Swabey 15, Dipholis lahcifoha .. Black Bullet.
Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BULLETWOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bulletwood is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Queen and her green canopy
Looming ahead are Coomb tree (kumadi), sandy again, eucalyptus and bulletwood (magizhampoo). We talk of ficus — “a street in Mylapore is ... «The Hindu, Sep 14»
2
Alumni pier a lakeside delight for boaters, sunlovers
... formally as the Goodspeed Family Pier, is a brand-new dock constructed of South American sustainable planks sometimes called bulletwood ... «77Square.com, Jul 13»
3
Goodspeed Family Pier is newest campus link to lake
(It's also sometimes called bulletwood.) In constructing the pier, WAA's contractor chose massaranduba for its beauty and durability, and ... «University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jul 13»
4
A few minutes in the company of green friends
And if you are stressed out, all you have to do is stand under the Bulletwood tree when it is in full bloom. “The mild scent of the flowers is a ... «The Hindu, Aug 12»
5
Guyana interior is way off the beaten track
It's made from balata, a latex that comes from the bulletwood tree. A few examples, I guess, of how you can use the forest, not lose it. For tour ... «Woodstock Sentinel Review, Jun 12»
6
Now, SMS to get tree saplings at your doorstep
... flamboyant, jungle jalebi, guava, Indian blackberry, sacred fig, tooth brush, bael or golden, bulletwood, Ceylon ironwood, rain, neem, banyan, ... «Times of India, Jun 12»
7
GFC, Ministry of Natural Resources claims of sustainable …
... purpleheart, red cedar, brown silverballi, letterwood, bulletwood] can pose a threat to the Guyana's forest.” And who wrote that? The GFC did ... «Stabroek News, Apr 12»
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PERU: Guardians of the Dry Forest
... the region found that the species growing in Ojos de Agua include the bulletwood tree (Manilkara bidentata), which is endemic to dry forests, ... «Inter Press Service, Apr 11»
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It is more reasonable to suppose that there has been gross under …
As regards bulletwood, the Forest Regulations (Article 20 (1)) are explicit that this is a protected species of tree. While the forest law does not ... «Stabroek News, Jan 10»
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When was the protection under the Forest Regulations for …
Bulletwood is specifically mentioned in Article 20 (1) of the Forest Regulations 1953 – “No bullet-wood tree shall be felled without the ... «Stabroek News, Jan 10»

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