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Cordwood is an English word with synonyms like firewood. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Cordwood in a sentence

Cordwood meaning

  1. Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords.
  2. Split and cut wood as an economic commodity.

Synonyms of Cordwood

firewood

Related words

Other words often associated with Cordwood or its synonyms:

fuel

Using Cordwood

  • The main meaning on this page is: Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords. | Split and cut wood as an economic commodity.
  • Useful related words include: firewood.
  • In the example corpus, cordwood often appears in combinations such as: like cordwood.

Context around Cordwood

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

four 1× 6600 1×

Often after:

logs 1× construction 1× logic 1×

Sentence patterns with Cordwood

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

cargo with cordwood 1× cdc 6600 cordwood logic module 1× cordwood construction and 1× outside like cordwood 1× stacked like cordwood and used 1× to four cordwood logs 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

cordwood construction and 1× fisheries research board 1× however it holds 1× physical design a 1× she used to 1× when his captain 1×

Common sentence endings:

64 silicon transistors 1× cargo with cordwood 1× four cordwood logs 1× other methods used 1× outside like cordwood 1× to fuel steamboats 1×

Words around Cordwood

Just before it in the word index:

cordwell 5 cordwainer 7 corduroys 4 corduroy 29 cordura 4 corduff 2

Just after it in the word index:

cordy 7 cordyceps 23 cordyline 2 core 6.602 corea 14 coreas 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Cordwood

  • In this selection, "cordwood" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 16.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, four, 6600, logs, construction and logic stand out and add context to how "cordwood" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include cargo with cordwood and cdc 6600 cordwood logic module. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cordwood" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cordwood

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Cordwood construction and wire wrap were other methods used. (9 words)

Physical design A CDC 6600 cordwood logic module containing 64 silicon transistors. (12 words)

She used to cheerily describe how they had to stack the dead outside like cordwood. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Department of the Environment, Ottawa. p. 88. It was even stacked like cordwood and used to fuel steamboats. (23 words)

When his captain ordered him to speed up the unloading of their boat, Bondi poked the enslaved men handling cargo with cordwood. (22 words)

However, it holds a little more wood than you'd think, with room for up to four cordwood logs. (19 words)

Example sentences (6)

However, it holds a little more wood than you'd think, with room for up to four cordwood logs.

She used to cheerily describe how they had to stack the dead outside like cordwood.

When his captain ordered him to speed up the unloading of their boat, Bondi poked the enslaved men handling cargo with cordwood.

Cordwood construction and wire wrap were other methods used.

Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Department of the Environment, Ottawa. p. 88. It was even stacked like cordwood and used to fuel steamboats.

Physical design A CDC 6600 cordwood logic module containing 64 silicon transistors.

Common combinations with cordwood

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cordwood" in a sentence?
An example: "However, it holds a little more wood than you'd think, with room for up to four cordwood logs." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "cordwood" from authentic English texts.
What does "cordwood" mean?
Cordwood means: Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords.
What are synonyms of "cordwood"?
Common synonyms of "cordwood" include: firewood.
How many example sentences with "cordwood" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "cordwood", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.