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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

firwood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fir-wood
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The wood of the fir tree.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A wood largely populated with fir trees.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English *firwode, *firrewode, from Old English furhwudu, equivalent to fir + wood.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *firwode, furhwudu

Usage

Inflected Forms

firwoods (plural)

Questions

What does firwood mean?
The wood of the fir tree.
Where does firwood come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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