cordwood

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   firewood cut into lengths and stacked or sold by the cord

   They stacked the cordwood under a roof so it would stay dry through winter.

2. 2
   noun

   wood cut into convenient lengths for fuel or construction

   The river carried loose cordwood past the sawmill after the spring rise.

From cord + wood. A cord is the traditional stacked measure for firewood, 128 cubic feet in the United States and Canada, so cordwood came to mean wood cut and arranged for measurement by the cord.

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