pinewood

[ pahyn-wood ]

/ ˈpaɪnˌwʊd /

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noun

the wood of a pine.

Often pinewoods. a forest consisting chiefly of pines.

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Origin of pinewood

First recorded in 1665–75; pine¹ + wood¹

Words nearby pinewood

pine tree shilling, Pine Tree State, pinetum, Pineville, pine warbler, pinewood, piney, pin-eyed, pinfall, pinfeather, pinfire

How to use pinewood in a sentence

Bodies are buried in a biodegradable container like a pinewood or wicker casket, or a cotton or silk shroud.
‘Green’ burials are slowly gaining ground among environmentalists|Rachel Fritts|March 2, 2021|Science News
Andrew Lincoln: I did enjoy being at Pinewood studios for the final Heathrow sequence.
Love Actually’s 10th Anniversary: The Cast and Crew Reminisce About the Christmas Classic|Marlow Stern|November 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The first time I photographed Elizabeth Taylor was at Pinewood Studios in London on the set of Cleopatra in 1960.
Elizabeth Taylor's Greatest Gift|Harry Benson|March 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The mountain town of Bocognano lies below the road, and the scent of burning pinewood told that the peasants were astir.
The Isle of Unrest|Henry Seton Merriman

Little rafts of pinewood floated on its surface like tiny splinters, the men who steered them not appearing larger than ants.
A Laodicean|Thomas Hardy
The den where I am now writing is warmed by a cheerful pinewood blaze, a luxury after the angeiti in one's tent.
The Unveiling of Lhasa|Edmund Candler
Finally, on the fifth patio four torches of resinous pinewood, each a yard high, were placed at the four cardinal points.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)|Carl Lumholtz
He stopped outside of the house, and the host came out with a torch of pinewood to see who it was.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)|Carl Lumholtz