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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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Dani-Rae Brown, from Blackwood, Caerphilly county, was diagnosed with SMA when she was one, but started showing symptoms from seven months.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Dani's father Charlie Brown, from Blackwood in Caerphilly, said she started displaying symptoms at five months old, but was diagnosed at 12 months.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 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

What Blackwood urged, Bracken opposed, as ever; Lord Jonos Bracken rose to insist they ought pledge their fealty to King Renly, and move south to join their might to his.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

About his shoulders were looped a heavy blackwood bow, a quiver of stone-tipped arrows and a long grass rope.

From The Return of Tharn by Howard Browne

It was too hot to go into the house, and I stayed under the blackwood tree; and the wind changed, and the drenching rain came and doused the fire.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Howard Willoughby

The eunuchs showed us into the east side building, which was beautifully furnished with reddish blackwood exquisitely carved, the chairs and tables covered with blue satin and the walls hung with the same material.

From Two Years in the Forbidden City by Princess Der Ling

His blackwood bow and quiver of arrows left earlier with Trakor!

From The Return of Tharn by Howard Browne

“Bombay blackwood furniture” is a term applied to a rather extensive class of articles manufactured in the city of Bombay and in the towns of Surat and Ahmedabad in India.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various