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How to pronounce cordwood in English?

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Type of firewood

Examples of cordwood

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The next day the discarded fish were like cordwood outside the door of the store.
From the bostonherald.com
The sale of cordwood for charcoal continued until at least the late 18th century.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Charbroiled monkeys, stiff and stacked like cordwood, grimace at the camera.
From the time.com
Bass snuggled like cordwood along the drop, always between 20 and 22 feet.
From the denverpost.com
By hand, they cut cordwood to heat the house and, more important, to boil down all that sap.
From the time.com
She was out of Guadeloupe, sailing from Pointe Petre to Saint Bartholomew with a load of cordwood.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I won't even get into the implausibilities, which at this point are stacking up like cordwood.
From the entertainment.time.com
Cordwood, stacked high everywhere in yards and on porches and against trees, is enough for years to come.
From the kentucky.com
The original steam locomotives burned stacks of cordwood.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Firewood cut and stacked in cords; wood sold by the cord
  • Firewood is any wood-like material that is gathered and used for fuel. Generally, firewood is not highly processed and is in some sort of recognizable log or branch form.
  • Wood that is cut in short lengths, usually measured in cords and commonly used as fuel. Applies also to other products measured in cords (17).
  • Small diameter or low quality wood suitable for firewood, pulp, or chips. Cordwood is not suitable for sawlogs.
  • Air-dried logs cut to length (and sometimes split) that are laid with mortar to build walls
  • The larger diameter wood in left in manageable pieces or long lengths.
  • Small logs cut to 4 foot lengths.