Definition of Whitewood

1. Noun. Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer.


Definition of Whitewood

1. n. The soft and easily- worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.

2. n. The soft and easily- worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.

Definition of Whitewood

1. Noun. Any of several deciduous trees that are used for furniture, especially the tulip tree ¹

2. Noun. The wood of these trees ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Whitewood

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Medical Definition of Whitewood

1. The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc. Several other kinds of light-coloured wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolour in Tasmania, etc. Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Whitewood

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whitewashings
whitewater
whitewater rafting
whiteweed
whiteweeds
whitewing
whitewings
whitewood (current term)
whitewoods
whitework
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whitey
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whitflaw
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whith
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whithered
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whithering
whithers
whitherso

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