firewood

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Recent Examples of firewood The environmental impact is considerable too as less firewood use helps mitigate deforestation and preserves local ecosystems, as the loss of trees leads to increasing soil erosion and desertification. Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 The half canopy up front houses is accessible from both sides of the truck, housing a drop-slide fridge, spare wheel, and space for firewood, a grill and other gear. New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2024 Come back fed and with a truckload of free firewood. Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Nov. 2024 Made from 22-gauge steel that strikes a compromise between durability and weight, and measuring 22 inches long inside, the Alaskan Deluxe is large enough to fit pieces of commercial firewood without further chopping or cutting. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for firewood 
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Noun
  • Straw bale houses fall into the same category as cordwood.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2022
  • And the things he was made to do, lest he be shot or thrown, still living, but just barely, into the piles of corpses stacked like cordwood in streets, fields, along the fence lines of the ghettos and death camps in which he was confined.
    Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, 14 Jan. 2020
Noun
  • The new store is said to be a big priority for the brand, and has been built around creative director Anthony Vaccarello’s vision of blending raw materials such as a black wood staircase, marble displays, corduroy concrete and black mirror walls with more classic elements.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Cave pearls are known to form around a nucleus, which can be made from a number of materials, such as rocky fragments, mud pieces, blue algae, wood shreds and animal bones.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Some cool character: the tables are made from lumber sourced from old Northern Liberties factories by Manayunk Timber.
    Shane Savitsky, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Dashcam footage captured by Derek Gooderham showed the aftermath after a tractor-trailer carrying lumber overturned on an overpass in Harrisburg, Penn.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The centerpiece is a floor-to-ceiling bluestone fireplace that’s surrounded by huge windows, skylights, and wooden beams.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Customer Razan Rashidi orders her tea with a celebratory phrase in Arabic, and the men manning the counter beam, telling her that on this day of liberation, tea for a fellow Syrian is free.
    Rob Schmitz, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024

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