Anne was curled up Turk-fashion on the hearthrug, gazing into that joyous glow where the sunshine of a hundred summers was being distilled from the maple cordwood.
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Cordwood
Synonyms for "cordwood" (30 found)
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Translations
3 translations across 2 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- polttopuu noun (wood suitable for use as firewood)
- polttopuu noun (wood as economic commodity)
Russian
1 entries- поле́нья noun (wood suitable for use as firewood)
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The June rise used to be always luck for me; because as soon as that rise begins here comes cordwood floating down, and pieces of log rafts -- sometimes a dozen logs together; so all you have to do is to catch them and sell them to the wood-yards and the sawmill.
Source: wiktionary
The barkeeper drew beer from two pumps immediately in front of him, and rinsed glasses in some sort of a sink under the edge of the bar. The centre of the room was occupied by a tremendous stove capable of burning whole logs of cordwood.
Source: wiktionary
In addition to being fuel, cordwood can also be used as a fairly pretty building material.
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