Blackwood

[ blak-wood ]

noun
  1. William, 1776–1834, English publisher.

Words Nearby Blackwood

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Blackwood in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for blackwood (1 of 3)

blackwood

/ (ˈblækˌwʊd) /


noun
  1. Also called: Sally Wattle a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon, having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber

  2. any of various trees or shrubs of the leguminous genus Dalbergia, esp D. melanoxylon (of Africa) or D. latifolia (of India), yielding black wood used for carving and musical instruments

  1. the wood of any of these trees

British Dictionary definitions for Blackwood (2 of 3)

Blackwood1

/ (ˈblækˌwʊd) /


noun
  1. bridge a conventional bidding sequence of four and five no-trumps, which are requests to the partner to show aces and kings respectively

Origin of Blackwood

2
C20: named after Easeley F. Blackwood, its American inventor

British Dictionary definitions for Blackwood (3 of 3)

Blackwood2

/ (ˈblækˌwʊd) /


noun
  1. Algernon (Henry). 1869–1951, British novelist and short-story writer; noted for his supernatural tales

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012