lightwood

L1I1G2H4T1W4O1O1D2

noun

Any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.

Similar
Acacia melanoxylon
RareScrabble 17
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

lightwood1

nounlightwood (uncountable)
  1. CanadaUSuncountableAny wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.

lightwood2

nounlightwood (plural lightwoods)

plural lightwoods

  1. Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon.

Lightwood3

proper noun
  1. A number of places in England:
    1. A locality in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, on the border with Sheffield (OS grid ref SK3782).
    2. A hamlet in Ditton Priors parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO6491).
    3. A hamlet in Hinstock parish, north Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6929).
    4. A suburb of Cheadle, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0142).
    5. A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, south-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SJ9241).
  2. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber

Similar
Acacia melanoxylon
Broader
blackwoodblackwood tree
Also see
hickory wattle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

lightwood · noun

From light (noun) + wood (noun).

Full word history & related roots →

lightwood · noun

From light (“bright, pale”, adjective) + wood (noun).

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

lightwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightwood

MLA

“lightwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightwood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lightwood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightwood.

Source: lightwood on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.