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Recent Examples of firewood
Purchase firewood at the site, cook over an open fire, and spend the day on the James River.
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Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
The tractor was a vintage model used in summer for grading, hauling firewood, and other such chores.
—Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden.
Making firewood.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Over the years, these figures have come to populate the village, hanging from swings, riding bicycles, gathering firewood, and silently greeting their flesh-and-blood neighbors.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
The tractor was a vintage model used in summer for grading, hauling firewood, and other such chores.
—Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden.
Making firewood.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Over the years, these figures have come to populate the village, hanging from swings, riding bicycles, gathering firewood, and silently greeting their flesh-and-blood neighbors.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firewood
Noun
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Some of the early subscriptions to the Litchfield Independent were paid for with cordwood, farm produce or muskrat skins.—
Terry Shaw,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2024
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Straw bale houses fall into the same category as cordwood.—
John Schandelmeier,
Anchorage Daily News,
28 May 2022
Noun
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Acidic bird droppings stain or corrode paint, wood, and metal.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2025
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However, series co-creators Lyle and Bart Nickerson teased that the group isn't out of the woods as their immense trauma continues to haunt them, especially after Natalie’s death.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Is there a difference between lifting weights in the gym and lifting lumber on a construction site?—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
9 Feb. 2025
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After a fire tore through 2.5 acres of Baltimore's Camp Small lumber yard, a plan to use the logs for marsh reconstruction took on extra importance.—
Christine Condon,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The software can cause an error in the low power controller that makes the headlight shutters close over the high and low beams while driving.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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To optimize the now 5,500-square-foot layout, Churchill demolished a dangerous secondary stair, freeing the hayloft level to become the generous primary suite, where Hammel extended original timber barn framing with reclaimed sawn softwood beams.—
Elizabeth Fazzare,
Architectural Digest,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Firewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firewood. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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