moosewood

[ moos-wood ]

/ ˈmusˌwʊd /

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Origin of moosewood

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; moose + wood¹

Words nearby moosewood

Moosehead Lake, Moose Jaw, moosemilk, moose pasture, Moose River, moosewood, moot, moot court, moot hall, moot point, mop

How to use moosewood in a sentence

Rayton moved slowly, pushing his way through moosewood saplings.
Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery|Theodore Goodridge Roberts
These two are the mountain maple and the striped maple or moosewood.
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets|Various
And the Moosewood shares the mystery of the Butter-and-eggs as well as its color.
Old-Time Gardens|Alice Morse Earle
With this I burnt a hole in the end of each board and fastened them to the front brace with withes of moosewood.
The Light in the Clearing|Irving Bacheller

They used to call it Moosewood Hill because of the abundance of moosewood around the foot of it.
The Light in the Clearing|Irving Bacheller