wood-burning

adjective

Designed to, or otherwise capable of, burning wood.

“a wood-burning stove”

Meanings

adjectivewood-burning (not comparable)

alternative woodburning

  1. not comparableDesigned to, or otherwise capable of, burning wood.

    a wood-burning stove

    2 more examples

    When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.

    1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325

    A wood-burning light 2-8-0 of Class Tk-3.

    1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: Finland: The V.R. in their centenary year”, in Modern Railways, page 418, photo caption

    Synonyms: wood-fired

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDesigned to, or otherwise capable of, burning wood.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivefueled by wood

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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