woodpile

[ wood-pahyl ]
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noun
  1. a pile or stack of firewood.

Origin of woodpile

1
First recorded in 1545–55; wood1 + pile1

Words Nearby woodpile

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How to use woodpile in a sentence

  • Operations at the woodpile suddenly ceased and Young Matt was first at the barn-yard gate.

    The Shepherd of the Hills | Harold Bell Wright
  • He's eaten so much of our woodpile, that he will be but a drowsy sentinel, I'm afraid.

    Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens
  • His tone was pettish and he stooped down and began to toss splinters and broken boards upon the woodpile.

    The Landloper | Holman Day

British Dictionary definitions for woodpile

woodpile

/ (ˈwʊdˌpaɪl) /


noun
  1. a pile or heap of firewood

  2. nigger in the woodpile See nigger (def. 3) offensive

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