whitewood

American  

[hwahyt-wood, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌwʊd, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

1. any of numerous trees, as the tulip tree or the linden, yielding a white or light-colored wood.

2. the wood of these trees.

3. a cottonwood of the genus Populus.

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whitewood British  

/ ˈwaɪtˌwʊd /

noun

1. any of various trees with light-coloured wood, such as the tulip tree, basswood, and cottonwood

2. the wood of any of these trees

3. Also: whiteywood.  another name for mahoe

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Etymology

Origin of whitewood

First recorded in 1655–65; white + wood ¹

Example Sentences

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whitewood

Through the earpiece it sounded like fine-grain sandpaper brushing on whitewood.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

Under the north window stood a table with its scantling legs, crossed, and its whitewood board top, as white as hands and ashes could scour it.

From The Bark Covered House by William Nowlin

The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

Here you find oaks, walnut, whitewood, and another kind of tree with branches armed with long thorns.

From Stories of the Badger State by Reuben Gold Thwaites

Beech, maple, ash, elm, oak, whitewood, bass, balm of gilead, &c.

From Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West by Austin Steward