pinewood
noun
pine·wood
ˈpīn-ˌwu̇d 
1
: the wood of the pine tree
2
: a wood of pines
—often used in plural but singular or plural in construction
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Made of pinewood, bird’s-eye maple and plain-cut sycamore, the violin is almost certainly the work of a Scottish luthier, Reid said.
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Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The cooking method also plays a role in flavor and aroma, depending on whether the piña is roasted with mesquite, oak, or pinewood, for example.
Distillation, whether artisanal in copper or ancestral in small clay stills, further refines the final profile.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The local hospital lacks doctors, and in the summer of 2024, the pinewoods surrounding the town burned down in a wildfire because of a shortage of firefighters.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
Perhaps his affinity for the great outdoors—splitting pinewood offered a catharsis that endured—came from his father, a research scientist for the Department of Agriculture.
—Barry Blitt, airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025
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Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The cooking method also plays a role in flavor and aroma, depending on whether the piña is roasted with mesquite, oak, or pinewood, for example.
Distillation, whether artisanal in copper or ancestral in small clay stills, further refines the final profile.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The local hospital lacks doctors, and in the summer of 2024, the pinewoods surrounding the town burned down in a wildfire because of a shortage of firefighters.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
Perhaps his affinity for the great outdoors—splitting pinewood offered a catharsis that endured—came from his father, a research scientist for the Department of Agriculture.
—Barry Blitt, airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Pinewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinewood. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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pinewood
noun
pine·wood
ˈpīn-ˌwu̇d
1
: the wood of a pine tree
2
: a wood or growth of pines
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