cordwoods

noun

plural of cordwood
as in firewoods

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  1. beams
  2. blocks
  3. woods
Noun
  • In the evening, the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show will draw thousands of eyes upward as 85,000 shells are launched from six barges and a laser show beams up from the Brooklyn Bridge.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • The filmmakers cut freely and rapidly among the duo’s poses, their stumbles, their fears, their tightrope walks across precarious beams in the sky.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 July 2026
Definition of beams
Noun
  • The building is three blocks south of the Fort Worth Stockyards national historic district.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
  • Crews closed Queens Road between the 1000 and 1100 blocks to repair the main.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026
Definition of blocks
Noun
  • Royce Ben Jameson was arrested on suspicion of the offense of firing woods or prairie and third-degree criminal trespass.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • According to a medical examiner, the infant had likely been in the woods for only about 12 hours before being discovered.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of woods
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