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orangewood

or·ange·wood
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awr-inj-woo d, or-]
    • /ˈɔr ɪndʒˌwʊd, ˈɒr-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awr-inj-woo d, or-]
    • /ˈɔr ɪndʒˌwʊd, ˈɒr-/

Definitions of orangewood word

  • noun orangewood the hard, fine-grained, yellowish wood of the orange tree, used in inlaid work and fine turnery. 1
  • noun orangewood the hard fine-grained yellowish wood of the orange tree 0
  • noun orangewood (as modifier) 0
  • noun orangewood the wood of the orange tree, used as in carving 0
  • adjective orangewood of orangewood 0

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Origin of orangewood

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; orange + wood1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Orangewood

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

orangewood popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

orangewood usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with orangewood

  • what is an orangewood stick?

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