Atwood

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/ˈætˌwʊd/

proper noun

A surname; an English topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

proper nounAtwood (countable and uncountable, plural Atwoods)

plural Atwoods · alternative Attwood

  1. countableuncountableA surname; an English topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood.
    1 more example

    The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series.

    2008 May 30, Felicia R. Lee, “Harry Potter Prequel for Charity”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and census-designated place in Logan County, Colorado, United States, derived from the surname.
  3. countableuncountableA small city, the county seat of Rawlins County, Kansas, United States.
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APA

Atwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atwood

MLA

“Atwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atwood. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Atwood,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atwood.

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