fruitwood

American  

[froot-wood] / ˈfrutˌwʊd /

noun

1. any of various woods from fruit-bearing trees, used for cabinetmaking and the like.

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Etymology

Origin of fruitwood

First recorded in 1925–30; fruit + wood ¹

Example Sentences

And there are items for children — a fruitwood rattle and an elaborately carved walnut high chair.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2018

A lot of my ideas have been germinating for quite some time—sort of like slow-growing fruitwood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 30, 2016

There’s a lamb shoulder collapsing under the smoke of fruitwood out in the yard, and Julia Moskin’s salty pluff mud pie rests comfortably on the windowsill to cool.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2016

The girl next door has just moved into a lavish Beverly Hills mansion complete with spa, fruitwood Sauter piano and an antique Thai gong to summon diners.

From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2010

We also took along Mom’s fancy archery set, the one made of inlaid fruitwood, because Dad said you never know what wild game we might find in those canyon recesses.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls