"firwood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: firwoods [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *firwode, *firrewode, from Old English furhwudu, equivalent to fir + wood. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*firwode}} Middle English *firwode, {{m|enm|*firrewode}} *firrewode, {{inh|en|ang|furhwudu}} Old English furhwudu, {{com|en|fir|wood}} fir + wood Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} firwood (countable and uncountable, plural firwoods)
  1. The wood of the fir tree. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the wood of the fir tree): Tannenholz [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-firwood-en-noun-6onvljIg Disambiguation of 'the wood of the fir tree': 90 10
  2. A wood largely populated with fir trees. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Forests Categories (lifeform): Conifers, Pines, Woods Translations (a wood largely populated with fir trees): Tannenwald [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-firwood-en-noun-AWyqP8Qa Disambiguation of Forests: 13 87 Disambiguation of Conifers: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pines: 24 76 Disambiguation of Woods: 31 69 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of 'a wood largely populated with fir trees': 8 92

Inflected forms

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