gumwood

gum·wood

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [guhm-woo d]
- /ˈgʌmˌwʊd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [guhm-woo d]
- /ˈgʌmˌwʊd/

Definitions of gumwood word

noun gumwood the wood of a gum tree, especially the wood of a eucalyptus or of the sweet gum. 1
noun gumwood Any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Commidendrum. 1
noun gumwood the wood of a gum tree 0

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Origin of gumwood

First appearance:

before 1675

One of the 48% oldest English words

First recorded in 1675-85; gum1 + wood1

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Parts of speech for Gumwood

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Gumwood

gumwood popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

gumwood usage trend in Literature

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