firewood

English

Etymology

From Middle English ferwode, fyrewoode, equivalent to fire +‎ wood.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ.ə(ɹ).wʊd/

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• (Upper RP Triphthong Smoothing) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ə(ɹ).wʊd/, /ˈfaː(ɹ).wʊd/, /ˈfɑ.ə(ɹ).wʊd/, /ˈfɑ.əː(ɹ).wʊd/
• (General American) enPR: fīʹərwo͝od, fīr, IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ.ɚ.wʊd/,
• (Southern American English, Appalachia) IPA^(key):
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑe.ə(ɹ).wʊd/
• Rhymes: -ʊd

Noun

firewood (countable and uncountable, plural firewoods)

1. Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.

   After many days of hard work, we finally had enough firewood for the winter.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Chinese Pidgin English: firewood, 快也𭉉

Translations

Anagrams

• woodfire

Chinese Pidgin English

Alternative forms

• 快也𭉉 (Chinese spelling)

Etymology

From English firewood.

Noun

firewood

1. firewood
   • 1862, 唐景星 [Tong King-sing], 英語集全, volume 6, marginalia, page 34; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews and Geoff P. Smith, editor, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics‎, volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:

     涉𪢍治快也𭉉窩打
     *ship³ get³ zhi⁶ faai³ jaa⁵ wut⁶ wo¹ daa²
     Ship catchee firewood, water.
     The ships provides wood and water.