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  Blackwood

  noun

  William, 1776–1834, English publisher.
• blackwood
  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 couple, who have three children and live in Blackwood, will this year celebrate 30 years of marriage.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

The ex-leader of Barnet council, who is originally from Blackwood, Caerphilly county, said he was now "back home, raising my two boys in the south Wales valleys - I've come back to where I belong".

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

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

Last Monday, Blackwood posted on social media that what it described as "a major incident" was affecting MacLehose Court.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

Blackwood was a stiff man and spoke artificially, as if he were addressing an audience through a microphone.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

“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

Just before the Exhibition closed, all the fine blackwood furniture of the Chinese pavilion was presented to the Maréchale MacMahon.

From Sir Robert Hart The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition by Bredon, Juliet

There were chairs and tables of richly carved Bombay blackwood, Japanese cabinets in the recesses beside the fire-place, a five-leaved Indian screen between the fire-place and the door.

From The Golden Calf by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

By night the boats are gorgeous with their mirrors and myriad lamps alight, and blackwood tables and stools inlaid with mother-of-pearl; but by the light of day they look tawdry to the point of shabbiness.

From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Penfield, Frederic Courtland

Wright, Thomas, 209. printed by william blackwood and sons.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George