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Recent Examples of firewoodRemove firewood: Firewood that hasn't been thoroughly dried will continually release moisture into your home's interior until dry.—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024 Even when cured as firewood, oak is notoriously slow to ignite and burn.—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024 What to do: The Ohio Department of Agriculture suggests inspecting lawn furniture, gardening tools and firewood for SLF.—Troy Smith, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024 Everyone is looking for low-cost ways to heat their homes through the winter, which is driving up demand for wood pellets and firewood – even in my area where sustainably managed forests are literally all around us.—Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for firewood
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.
An architect lovingly restored it into a single-family home that exudes country elegance: there are exposed beam ceilings, chandeliers, and floor-to-ceiling windows that look out onto the estate’s pond.
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
3 Nov. 2024
That decision to emphasize the beams was key to giving the 1,300-square-foot home some of its distinctive attitude.
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