firewood

CEFRB2

/ˈfaɪ.ə(ɹ).wʊd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Wood kept for burning in a fire.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.

Examples

  • He set up a bundle of firewood.

  • He was chopping logs for firewood.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈfɑ.ə(ɹ).wʊd/
  • /ˈfɑe.ə(ɹ).wʊd/

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • The smoldering firewood burst into flame.

  • After many days of hard work, we finally had enough firewood for the winter.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

Before the big storm, we chopped extra blank to keep our house warm through the night.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English ferwode, fyrewoode, equivalent to fire + wood.