cordwood

[kawrd-woo d]

noun

wood stacked in cords for use as fuel.

logs cut to a length of 4 feet (1.2 meters) to facilitate stacking in cords.

trees intended for timber but of a quality suitable only for fuel.

Nearby words

Origin of cordwood

First recorded in 1630–40; cord + wood¹

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Examples from the Web for cordwood

So far as I'm concerned you're welcome to go round the mounting an' chop all the railroad ties an' cordwood you choose.
Camp Venture|George Cary Eggleston
I had only to “crab-step” back along the runway—a couple of planks laid over the cordwood—and be ready for the next stroke.
Down the Columbia|Lewis R. Freeman
Cordwood constitutes the most important use for California live oak.
American Forest Trees|Henry H. Gibson
Coal rates, of course, are partly determined by rates on cordwood, and vice versa.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley

It probably would be thirty or fifty feet higher, but the top could only be used for posts, cordwood, and similar uses.
The Boy With the U. S. Foresters|Francis Rolt-Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for cordwood

cordwood

noun

wood that has been cut into lengths of four feet so that it can be stacked in cords

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