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  greenwood

  noun

  a woods or forest when green, as in summer.
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  Greenwood

  noun

  a city in W South Carolina.

greenwood

¹ American  

[green-wood] / ˈgrinˌwʊd /

noun

1. a woods or forest when green, as in summer.

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Greenwood ² American  

[green-wood] / ˈgrinˌwʊd /

noun

1. a city in W South Carolina.

2. a city in NW Mississippi.

3. a town in central Indiana.

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greenwood British  

/ ˈɡriːnˌwʊd /

noun

1. a forest or wood when the leaves are green: the traditional setting of stories about English outlaws, esp Robin Hood

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Etymology

Origin of greenwood

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at green, wood ¹

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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

But things have changed: now the villagers as well as the rich get soaked by taxes, and Maid Marian's mink coats have caused comment in the greenwood.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I thought this was just for the greenwood who haven’t seen this stuff before.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The e-commerce company said it would spend more than $100 million on a new robotics-manufacturing facility in Greenwood, Ind., which is set to open by 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Greenwood also points to how Scotland is changing how it promotes itself.

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

“Figures,” R.C said with a snort “You always was a sisbaby. I’ll bet school suits you just fine. So, how come you’re in Greenwood? You runnin’ from the law?”

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe

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