Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lancewood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lance-wood
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

New Zealand trees in the genus Pseudopanax.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of various Australian trees having hard timber, especially Acacia shirleyi of Queensland and the Northern Territory; also a woodland made of such trees.

Australian usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Besides these two trees, which are the most general form of vegetation met with, may be found the briglow, bugwood, lapunya, lancewood, cork, box, and bloodwood, the last so named from its light red sap, which oozes in a thick stream"
"Bo sat on the sprung branch of a toppled lancewood."

Etymology

From lance + wood.

Usage

Inflected Forms

lancewoods (plural)

Synonyms

lancewood tree oxandra lanceolata

Questions

What does lancewood mean?: A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).
Where does lancewood come from?: From lance + wood.

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