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Definition of Cordwood
1. Noun. Firewood cut and stacked in cords; wood sold by the cord.
Definition of Cordwood
1. Noun. Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords. ¹
2. Noun. Split and cut firewood as an economic commodity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cordwood
1. wood used for fuel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordwood
Literary usage of Cordwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1914)
"Each stick of cordwood was immersed separately and its volume recorded. The cords
were piled after the sticks had been immersed, making each one as far as ..."
2. Cecil County by Maryland Geological Survey, George Burbank Shattuck, Florence Bascom, Edward Bennett Mathews, Clarence Wilbur Dorsey, Jay Allan Bonsteel, Oliver Lanard Fassig, Henry Albert Pressey, Louis Agricola Bauer, Hugh M. Curran, George Bishop Sudworth, Geologic (1902)
"CHARCOAL AND cordwood. cordwood is the principal forest crop of the county. ...
The greater part of the cordwood cut is made into charcoal, for use by the ..."
3. St. Mary's County by Maryland Geological Survey (1907)
"cordwood.—The supply of firewood in St. Mary's County is a simple problem.
Firewood is abundant and the cost per cord on the market is determined largely by ..."
4. Prince George's County by Jay Allan Bonsteel, William Henry Alexander, Benjamin Le Roy Miller, Frederick Haynes Newell, Louis Agricola Bauer, Fred Wilson Besley (1911)
"cordwood. The annual cut of cordwood for shipment out of the county is about ...
Practically all of the cordwood exported goes either to Washington or to ..."
5. Handbook of Cost Data for Contractors and Engineers: A Reference Book Giving by Halbert Powers Gillette (1910)
"Cost of cordwood and Cost of a Wire Rope Tramway—Mr. B. ... This particular
ropeway was used for carrying cordwood to a mine. Its total length was 10.115 ..."
6. Rural Arithmetic: A Course in Arithmetic Intended to Start Children to by John Edward Calfee (1913)
"cordwood, STOVE WOOD, AND COAL 37. cordwood is 4 ft. long. A cord of wood is a
pile 8 ft. long and 4 ft. high. A cord of stove wood is a pile of wood 8 ft. ..."
7. St. Mary's County by Maryland Geological Survey (1907)
"cordwood.—The supply of firewood in St. Mary's County is a simple problem.
Firewood is abundant and the cost per cord on the market is determined largely by ..."
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