limewood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of limewood
Example Sentences
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A limewood tree drawn by Christen Kobke is a quivering nervous system of tangled lines so fine that they seem barely to touch down on paper.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023
The figures are hand-carved from limewood or moulded in resin.
From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2018
The delicately carved limewood panelling around the walls had been contrived in such a way that there were no sharp corners anywhere in the room, only curves.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 2, 2018
So did other works from the 1960s and a limewood sculpture of the artist’s wife, her mournful eyes and lips outlined in crimson.
From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2015
There were two tables of limewood; one by the sofa, and the other in the corner was covered with a table-cloth, laid with things over which a clean table-napkin had been thrown.
From The Possessed (The Devils) by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
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