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" My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life."
David James Duncan

Meaning of "cordwood" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CORDWOOD

ˈkɔːdˌwʊd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORDWOOD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cordwood 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 CORDWOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cordwood construction

Cordwood construction is a term used for a natural building method in which "cordwood" or short pieces of debarked tree are laid up crosswise with masonry or cob mixtures to build a wall.

Definition of cordwood in the English dictionary

The definition of cordwood in the dictionary is wood that has been cut into lengths of four feet so that it can be stacked in cords.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CORDWOOD

bloodwood · Bollywood · Brentwood · deadwood · Fleetwood · Goodwood · greenwood · groundwood · hardwood · Hollywood · Isherwood · plywood · redwood · rosewood · roundwood · Sherwood · Tollywood · underwood · Westwood · wildwood

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORDWOOD

cordless · cordless telephone · cordlike · cordocenteses · cordocentesis · cordon · cordon bleu · cordon sanitaire · cordonnet · cordotomy · Cordova · cordovan · cords · corduroy · corduroy road · corduroys · cordwain · cordwainer · cordwainery · cordyline

WORDS THAT END LIKE CORDWOOD

Atwood · briarwood · candlewood · cottonwood · dawn redwood · dogwood · driftwood · Eastwood · elmwood · firewood · from the wood · kingwood · Kollywood · oakwood · out of the wood · pinewood · sandalwood · torchwood · Wedgwood · wood

Synonyms and antonyms of cordwood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cordwood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORDWOOD

Find out the translation of cordwood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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

Translator English - Chinese

积木式
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

haz de leña
570 millions of speakers
en

English

cordwood
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

cordwood
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cordwood
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Древесина промышленного
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

cordwood
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

cordwood
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

bois de chauffage
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Cordwood
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Klafterholz
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

cordwood
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

cordwood
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kayaking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cordwood
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

cordwood
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कॉर्डवूड
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

istiflenmiş odun
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

cordwood
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

cordwood
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

деревина промислового
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

cordwood
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καυσόξυλων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cordwood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cordwood
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cordwood
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cordwood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORDWOOD»

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

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QUOTES WITH «CORDWOOD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cordwood.
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David James Duncan
My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORDWOOD»

Discover the use of cordwood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cordwood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Complete Book of Cordwood Masonry Housebuilding: The ...
Combining the techniques of the author's previous two classic books, CORDWOOD MASONRY HOMES and EARTHWOOD, plus a decade of new information, new lessons to avoid pitfalls, and new ideas, this book offers a complete update on this dynamic ...
Robert L. Roy, 1992
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Cordwood Building: The State of the Art
All you need to create beautiful buildings from sawmill left-overs--or even driftwood!
Rob Roy, 2003
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Cordwood
First published 1887. Nye was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist. Amongst other works he was the author of Bill Nye's Comic History of the United States and Bill Nye's History of England.
Bill Nye, 2010
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The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, ...
Cordwood construction offers advantages and disadvantages that you should consider before embarking on this path. Advantages. of. Cordwood. Homes. • Perhaps one of the greatest advantages of cordwood construction is its potential cost.
Daniel D. Chiras, 2000
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Cordwood energy systems for community heating in Alaska: an ...
Wood has become an important energy alternative in Alaska, particularly in rural areas where liquid fuel costs can be substantial.
David L. Nicholls, Thomas R. Miles (Jr.), Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.), 2009
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Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative ...
The second disadvantage would be that cob mortar would slow the cordwood laying process down a good deal. With our little electric concrete mixer, we were able to whip out a batch of sand/lime/sawdust/Portland cement mortar in no time.
Clarke Snell, Tim Callahan, 2009
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Estimating pinyon-juniper cordwood with the line-intersect ...
ENT STATION USDA Forest Service Research Note INT-242 March l978 ESTIMATING PINYON-JUNIPER CORDWOOD WITH THE LINE- INTERSECT METHOD Richard 0. Meeuwig, Elwood L. Miller, and Jerome D. Budy 1 ABSTRACT ...
Richard O. Meeuwig, Elwood L. Miller, Jerome D. Budy, 1978
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Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies
Cordwood construction stacks up short, round lengths of wood into a wall. Using what would normally be cast aside for firewood, cordwood looks like a stack of wood you'd have behind your fireplace. The ends of the logs are left exposed, ...
Eric Corey Freed, 2011
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The Complete Guide to Alternative Home Building Materials & ...
ings only a few inches deep, formed from bricks or stones, but a two-story cordwood house with a living roof would hardly be called “stable” if built on such footings. There is not one answer when it comes to minimum dimensions for your  ...
Jon Nunan, 2010
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Bill Nye's Cordwood
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Bill Nye, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORDWOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cordwood is used in the context of the following news items.
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4 big things to know about sanctuary cities and illegal immigration
One Kentucky sheriff described it as part of his toolkit to "stack these violators like cordwood." In addition, more than one analysis of who was ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
VIDEO SPECIAL: Wayne Justice Brings Extensive Experience To …
“One time, we found 230 Haitians stacked like cordwood in a 50-foot sailboat. The people at the bottom were unconscious or dead. At that point ... «SpaceCoastDaily.com, Jul 15»
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Mountain Wheels: Take a trip to the future in BMW's mostly electric i3
... a giant tax credit and the coolest anti-car on the road, I noticed the Front Range dealers had the cars stacked up like cordwood for buyers. «Summit Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Cheboygan Waterways Festival begins July 9
Those wishing to compete for the “Cordwood Johnson” Best Chili Award must submit a portion of their chili to a Wanigan Team Member at the ... «Cheboygan Daily News, Jul 15»
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The history behind one of Lake Tahoe's most popular — and easy …
The timber was used to sustain Comstock mining operations in both tunnel support and cordwood to fire boilers. Today most of those ... «Sierra Sun, Jul 15»
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Sheriff's officials arrest 45 in online prostitution sting
“We'll stack them in there like cordwood if we need to,” he said. Elijah Muhammad. Scaramucci said there was one repeat offender from past ... «Waco Tribune-Herald, Jun 15»
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Retired Adm. Wayne Justice Brings Extensive Experience To Port …
“One time, we found 230 Haitians stacked like cordwood in a 50-foot sailboat. The people at the bottom were unconscious or dead. At that point ... «SpaceCoastDaily.com, Jun 15»
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Sport fish report: Kings headed back to Fish Creek, not in the pond yet
... past week, and have been successful in other areas away from Juneau, including Pount Couverden, Cordwood, Funter Bay, and Hawk Inlet. «Juneau Empire, Jun 15»
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Prize Alert: Submit by Monday for Chance at Hundreds
Prizes include Mooshimeters, DS Logic Analyzers, Stickvise, Bluefruit BLE Sniffers, Cordwood Puzzle kits, and TV-B-Gone kits. There are two ... «Hackaday, Jun 15»
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Traveling Back through the Advocate archives: June 20
... belonging to Mr. Vetter, and a barn belonging to C. Fairchild, besides doing great damage in the destruction of crops, fences and cordwood. «Green Bay Press Gazette, Jun 15»
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