ironwood

Noun

Meaning

A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ironwood tree iron tree Eastern hop hornbeam rose chestnut cedar elm linden magnolia redwood aspen cottonwood dogwood OAK pine ash
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Antonyms

cactus softwood

Hypernyms

wood hop hornbeam angiospermous tree flowering tree

Phrases with the word

desert ironwood Catalina ironwood white ironwood broad-leaved ironwood common ironwood Cooktown ironwood

Examples

A number of invasive exotics have been introduced; for example, ironwood trees from Australia were planted to act as windbreaks. Source: Internet

Ironwood, Mich., pleads guilty/no contest to operating without a valid license. Source: Internet

Logging is a significant industry on the larger islands with Seram producing ironwood and teak and ebony are produced on Buru. Source: Internet

Meanwhile, Nicholas and Sophia are racing through time in order to locate Etta and the missing astrolabe with Ironwood travelers hot on their trail. Source: Internet

In such a hostile climate, I’m tempted to look out the window, give a moment’s thought to going for a walk, and return to the easy chair to watch tongues of flame lick up and around ironwood billets in the grate of the fireplace. Source: Internet

The director of the protective forest management board of Song Kon, Ho Van Minh, confessed that irresponsibility in management and patrol was major reason that illegal loggers axed 33 big ironwood trees – a timber that loggers are banned from exploiting. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ironware ironweed ironwoman ironwood tree ironwork ironworker