Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ashwood

/ˈæʃwˌʊd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: ash-wood
IPA: /ˈæʃwˌʊd/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Wood of the ash tree.

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Example Sentences

"Easily as a sailor handling a blasphemy, the African reached behind him for the Viking ax (whose name, cut in runes along its ashwood haft, translated roughly as “Defiler of Your Mother”), but three little words preserved the cordial relations between the head and neck of the intruder, a wiry old party armed with a short sword, Persian by the look of him, with a knob of scar tissue where his right eye had been and a curious sneer."

Etymology

From ash + wood.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: æsċ

Usage

Inflected Forms

ashwoods (plural) Dashwood (alternative)

Rhymes With

dashwood

Questions

How do you pronounce ashwood?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæʃwˌʊd/.
What does ashwood mean?: Wood of the ash tree.
Where does ashwood come from?: It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce ashwood

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