pearwood

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noun

The wood of a pear tree.

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Meanings

nounpearwood (usually uncountable, plural pearwoods)

plural pearwoods · alternative pear wood

  1. uncountableusuallyThe wood of a pear tree.

    There were sheets of veneer among Jabez Rintle's reserve materials, carefully preserved between weighted boards, and Peter selected pearwood and mahogany to match the table's inlay.

    1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 76

Origin

From pear + wood.

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Translations

German Birnenholz, Birnbaumholz
  • Birnenholzwood of the pear tree
  • Birnbaumholzwood of the pear tree
  • Birnholzwood of the pear tree
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APA

pearwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pearwood

MLA

“pearwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pearwood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pearwood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pearwood.

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