Definition of Elmwood

1. Noun. Hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture.

Exact synonyms: Elm
Substance meronyms: Elm, Elm Tree
Generic synonyms: Wood

Definition of Elmwood

1. wood of the elm tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elmwood

ello
ellops
ellopses
ells
ellwand
ellwands
elm
elm family
elm tree
elmen
elmier
elmiest
elmiric
elmiric acid
elms
elmwood (current term)
elmwoods
elmy
elne
elning
elocation
elocular
elocute
elocuted
elocutes
elocuting
elocution
elocutionary
elocutionist
elocutionists

Literary usage of Elmwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1908)
"elmwood, Oct. 29, 1866. To Bayard ALS, i page, 8vo. elmwood, 1866. ... elmwood, 9th July, 1867. Regarding the merits of the Reed-Bancroft controversy. ..."

2. James Russell Lowell: A Biography by Horace Elisha Scudder (1901)
"I should n't be happy anywhere else ;" and at elmwood he died, Wednesday, August,. The place was endeared to him by a thousand memories, and he liked it ..."

3. The Novelist's Magazine (1833)
"Sho strove to overcome that grief, and, after a heavy sigh, sat down, as if resigned to the fate to which she was decreed. Instead of following Lord elmwood ..."

4. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A Sketch of His Life by Charles Eliot Norton, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1907)
"THE HERONS OF elmwood WARM and still is the summer night, As here by the river's brink I wander; White overhead are the stars, and white The glimmering ..."

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