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  Blackwood

  noun

  William, 1776–1834, English publisher.
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  blackwood

  noun

  a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon , having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber

Blackwood

American  

[blak-wood] / ˈblækˌwʊd /

noun

1. William, 1776–1834, English publisher.

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blackwood ¹ British  

/ 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

3. the wood of any of these trees

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Blackwood ² British  

/ 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

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Blackwood ³ British  

/ ˈblækˌwʊd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Blackwood

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

Example Sentences

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The pupil at Libanus Primary in Blackwood, Caerphilly, was at the Dolygaer Outdoor Centre in Merthyr Tydfil on Wednesday evening when the incident happened.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Wanting more than a "small town life", Chanel, 28, moved from Blackwood, Caerphilly county, to Richmond, Melbourne, in August 2022 at the age of 25.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025

There are at least 14 known subsets, or “cliques,” with names such as Ballista Street, Blackwood Street, Northam Street and Dial Avenue, taken from areas where leaders live.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

Both Margaret and Stewart said they felt frustrated with Blackwood for a slow response to the problems.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

The castle dominated the broad fertile valley that maps and men alike called Blackwood Vale.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Transparent gauze screens with frames of carved blackwood, ornamented with a fringe representing flowers and giving the text of verses, figured too here and there.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly

Shoulder, hoop! the end. printed by william blackwood and sons.

From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Richard Doyle

Out of his safe he took a blackwood box, beautifully carved, Cantonese.

From The Pagan Madonna by W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) Koerner

On these ridges the tree resembling African blackwood, of finer grain than ebony, grows abundantly, and attains a large size. 

From A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 by David Livingstone

Through the velvety darkness of a semi-tropical night he moved stealthily above them, his fangs bared slightly, his hand hovering often near his blackwood bow and the quiver of arrows.

From The Return of Tharn by Howard Browne