greenwood
noun
greenwood
1 American
[green-wood]
/ ˈgrinˌwʊd /
noun
Greenwood
2
American
[green-wood]
/ ˈgrinˌwʊd /
noun
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a city in W South Carolina.
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a city in NW Mississippi.
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a town in central Indiana.
greenwood
British
/ ˈɡriːnˌwʊd /
noun
Etymology
Origin of greenwood
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at green, wood 1
Example Sentences
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Hanauer texted Constantine: “What the hell? There was an army of armed soldiers in my neighborhood and a thousand police cars. On greenwood and 150th. Is this your doing? What is going on?”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2014
What was left were greenwood memories: a sense that in the endurance of a great oak was still embedded the longevity of our British culture.
From BBC ● May 7, 2010
But still it may be close enough to catch a phantom glimpse of the greenwood.
From Time Magazine Archive
In so doing he gained his soul, a kingdom in the greenwood, and anonymity.
From Time Magazine Archive
To these young people, a sight of Arthur as he bunted in the greenwood was like seeing the idea of Royalty.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
England stars Alessia Russo and Alex Greenwood are among 30 players nominated for the women's Ballon d'Or.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Chris Greenwood, a senior researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University's Moffat Centre for Travel and Tourism Business Development, points to a "massive shift" in where high-net-worth UK families go on their summer holidays.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
That’s the conclusion of research conducted by Robin Greenwood and Andrei Shleifer of Harvard University and Yang You of the University of Hong Kong.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Steven Miller, 70, owns an independent commercial real-estate brokerage and lives in Greenwood Village, Colo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
I collected my bags and stood on the platform of the Greenwood station.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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