Meanings
nouncherrywood (uncountable)
alternative cherry wood
- uncountableA hardwood obtained from a cherry tree, valued for use in furniture and other woodworking applications.
He was smoking a cherry-wood pipe, and looked on the whole as if he had borrowed his outfit from the wardrobe of a third-rate dramatic company.
1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 96Synonyms: cherry[Appendix:Glossary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hardwood obtained from a cherry tree, valued for use in furniture and other woodworking applications.
Similar
cherry[Appendix:Glossary
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 櫻桃木 /樱桃木
- 櫻桃木 /樱桃木 (yīngtáomù)hardwood from cherry tree
Finnish kirsikkapuu
- kirsikkapuuhardwood from cherry tree
Irish adhmad silín
- adhmad silínhardwood from cherry tree
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