ovenwood

[ uhv-uhn-wood ]

noun

1. brushwood; deadwood fit only for burning.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ovenwood¹

First recorded in 1785–95; oven + wood ¹

Example Sentences

Dear Sir: The land composing my farm has hitherto been so poor that a Scotchman couldn't get his living off it; and so stony that we had to slice our potatoes and plant them edgeways; but, hearing of your balsam, I put some on the corner of a ten-acre lot, surrounded by a rail-fence, and in the morning I found the rocks had entirely disappeared—a neat stone wall encircled the field, and the rails were split into ovenwood and piled up symmetrically in my back yard.

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Have they burned the stocks for ovenwood?

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Have they burned the stocks for ovenwood?

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