Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stinkwood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stinkwood
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several not closely related trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The wood of such a tree.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From stink + wood.

Usage

Inflected Forms

stinkwoods (plural)

Questions

What does stinkwood mean?
Any of several not closely related trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood.
Where does stinkwood come from?
From stink + wood.

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