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PRONUNCIATION OF GOPHERWOOD

gopherwood  [ˈɡəʊfəˌwʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOPHERWOOD

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Gopherwood 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 GOPHERWOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gopherwood

Gopher wood

Gopher wood or gopherwood is a term used once in the Bible for the substance from which Noah's ark was built. Genesis 6:14 states that Noah was to build the Ark of גפר, gofer, more commonly gopher wood, a word not otherwise known in the Bible or in Hebrew. Although some English Bibles attempt a translation, older English translations, including the King James Version, leave it untranslated. The word is unrelated to the name of the North American animal, the gopher.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOPHERWOOD


balsawood
ˈbɔːlsəˌwʊd
bearwood
ˈbɛəˌwʊd
bitterwood
ˈbɪtəˌwʊd
Boldrewood
ˈbəʊldəˌwʊd
Bollywood
ˈbɒlɪˌwʊd
brierwood
ˈbraɪəˌwʊd
equatorward
ɪˈkweɪtəˌwʊd
greenwood
ˈɡriːnˌwʊd
hardwood
ˈhɑːdˌwʊd
harewood
ˈheəˌwʊd
Hollywood
ˈhɒlɪˌwʊd
Isherwood
ˈɪshəˌwʊd
leatherwood
ˈlɛðəˌwʊd
Sherwood
ˈʃɜːˌwʊd
sourwood
ˈsaʊəˌwʊd
spiderwood
ˈspaɪdəˌwʊd
summerwood
ˈsʌməˌwʊd
underwood
ˈʌndəˌwʊd
Westwood
ˈwɛstˌwʊd
zebrawood
ˈzɛbrəˌwʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOPHERWOOD

goosiest
goosiness
Goossens
goosy
GOP
gopak
gopher
gopher snake
Gopher State
gopher wood
gopik
gopura
gor
gora
Gorakhpur
goral
Gorbachev
Gorbachov
Gorbals
gorbelly

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOPHERWOOD

Atwood
barwood
blackwood
briarwood
driftwood
Eastwood
Fleetwood
from the wood
Goodwood
Larwood
oakwood
out of the wood
pearwood
peckerwood
plywood
redwood
rosewood
Tollywood
wildwood
wood

Synonyms and antonyms of gopherwood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gopherwood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOPHERWOOD

Find out the translation of gopherwood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gopherwood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gopherwood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gopherwood
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

resinosa
570 millions of speakers

English

gopherwood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gopherwood
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gopherwood
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gopherwood
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gopherwood
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Gopherwood
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gopher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gopherwood
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tannenholz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gopherwood
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gopherwood
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gopherwood
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gopherwood
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Gopherwood
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोफरवुड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sarı ağaç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gofer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gopherwood
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gopherwood
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gopherwood
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gopherwood
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goferhout
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gopherwood
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gopherwood
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gopherwood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOPHERWOOD»

The term «gopherwood» is used very little and occupies the 180.928 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOPHERWOOD» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOPHERWOOD»

Discover the use of gopherwood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gopherwood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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This body is made of camphor and gopherwood: prose poems
Illustrated by a series of snail drawings, Bly's prose poems merge elements of imagination, spirituality, and eroticism as they explore the mysteries and energies of the body
Robert Bly, 1977
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Robert Bly
For all its images, there is a paradoxical abstractness about Gopherwood: a celebration of the body, it is not so much a book of the solid, alert flesh and the senses as of energy. The flamboyance of Gopherwood does not derive solely from the ...
Howard Nelson, 2013
3
God of Wonders: A Daily Devotional
Let's consider for a minute about what God provided for the construction. Gopherwood—what is that? Good question. No tree called gopherwood exists today. Since we don't know where Noah originally lived, we can't go and see what grows ...
David A. Steen, 2012
4
Gopherwood Zoo: The Story of Noah in Rhyme
A retelling in verse of the Old Testament story about the survival of Noah, his family, and animals during forty days and nights of rain.
Calvin Miller, 1987
5
Priceless Florida: Natural Ecosystems and Native Species
Unlike other mesic forests, though, this one has a few ancient understory trees, such as gopherwood (Figure 6-8), bigleaf magnolia, and pyramid FIGURE 6-8 Florida Native: Gopherwood (Torreya taxi folia) magnolia. Gopherwood may be one ...
Eleanor Noss Whitney, D. Bruce Means, Anne Rudloe, 2004
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The Incorporative Consciousness of Robert Bly: Victoria ...
That is, the religiosity in Gopherwood is, as in Silence and This Tree, more Eastern than Christian. Jonathan Monroe, who says the book is "more mystical and religious than sociopolitical" (282), reminds us that "Bly likens the prose poem not to ...
Victoria Frenkel Harris, 1992
7
Dream State: Eight Generations of Swamp Lawyers, ...
It is supposedly the only place in the world where the Torreya taxifolia, the gopherwood tree, grows. Noah's ark was made of gopherwood; gopherwood grew in Eden. Ergo, according to E. E. Callaway, a contrary old cuss, a white NAACP ...
Diane Roberts, 2007
8
1,001 MORE Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Bible
The phrase “every man under his vine and under his fig tree” occurs several times in the Old Testament, suggesting peace and prosperity (see 1 Kings 4:25; Mic. 4:4; Zech. 3:10). 504. cypress or gopherwood? The King James Version says ...
Stephen Lang, 2001
9
The Lost Ark
Caesar said, “The original Hebrew of the Old Testament refers to it as gopherwood; however, no one really knows what gopherwood is. Most scholars believe it to be in reference to cypress wood; or, less probable, oak, cedar or larch—all of ...
J.R. Rain, 2012
10
The Dust and the Glory: The Beginning of Time and History ...
GopherWood. The wordgophercomes froma Hebrew wordthat, anglicized, is pronounced the identicalsame way: “gopher.”[146] It appears tomean, “house, orto house in.”We have already noted in chapter 5 that Cain built a city. One of the ...
Earl Cripe, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOPHERWOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gopherwood is used in the context of the following news items.
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Art-A-Whirl to screen short films; Davina & The Vagabonds, Charlie …
... Body Is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood.” He has been a fellow at the Smithsonian, studying the blue whale skeletons in their collection. «MinnPost, May 15»
2
Local singer one of five finalists in popular reality show
Around this time a year ago, Davis gave a house concert in Wexford County as part of the Gopherwood Concert series, playing to no more than ... «Cadillac News, May 15»
3
Good Eye Gallery opens in Eagle Rock
... added to vintage tumblers, and she has worked on product development with Shawn Wallace of Gopherwood Design Build in Goleta, Calif. «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
4
Dettol Leads Fresh Hygiene Benefit Awareness To Schools
Commenting on the initiative, the Sectional Head, Gopherwood School, Lagos, Mr. Michael Dairo, commended Reckitt Benckiser for being ... «360Nobs.com, Feb 15»
5
Yes, 'Noah' is totally vegan propaganda
... the telling of this hallowed story, I had to check it out, and I'm back to report that yes, "Noah" is indeed, gopherwood-wall-to-gopherwood-wall, ... «Philly.com, Apr 14»
6
Don't Hate Noah Because It's 'Inaccurate'; What Movie Isn't?
My guess is CGI will do a better job on the ark than gopherwood and pitch could ever do. Don't hate Noah because it isn't literally the Bible. «Mediaite, Mar 14»
7
Why People of Faith Can Embrace the 'Noah' Movie
scale, though not out of gopherwood. It depicts a global flood. No extra people survive the flood who shouldn't. God speaks to Noah. Noah gets ... «Christian Post, Feb 14»
8
The Components of a Platypus: An HTML5 Engine Mid-Mortem
The Platypus engine is Gopherwood's first foray into the world of component-based design. The engine has a long life ahead of it, but as a sort ... «Gamasutra, Dec 13»
9
Gendron Jensen
... publications such as The Georgia Review, Smithsonian Magazine, and “This Body is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood” – a book of poems ... «Herald Review, Jun 13»
10
Best Google Chrome games
Gopherwood Studios' Entanglement was once one of the default games added to Chrome upon installation. In an attempt to create the longest ... «Digital Trends, Apr 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Gopherwood [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gopherwood>. May 2024 ».
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