woodcutting
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a word derived from
woodcutter.
woodcutternouna person who cuts down trees for firewood.
Example Sentences
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Amid the fighting in Ukraine, he has mocked Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as a “plywood marshal,” an apparent reference to Shoigu’s hobby of woodcutting.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
The property maintains a herd of goats as well as resources for farming and woodcutting, according to The Wall Street Journal.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2022
Commercial woodcutting can often feel like humanitarian work in northern Arizona Indigenous lands, what with the pandemic and the coal mine shutting down.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2021
It’s between two creeks — Little Falls Branch and Willett Branch — perfectly positioned for a mill that used water power to grind flour and run woodcutting machinery.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2020
And in the past several days of woodcutting he had not seen or thought of her at all.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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