Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blackwood

/blˈækwˌʊd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: black-wood
IPA: /blˈækwˌʊd/

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The very dark wood of such trees.

Uncountable

name

Any of many places around the world.

name

Any of many places around the world.

name

Any of many places around the world.

Example Sentences

"His first act was to spring up into the branches of a tall wattle-tree which grows at the extreme edge of her garden amid a grove of blackwood."

Etymology

From black + wood.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

blackwoods (plural)

Derived Forms

Blackwoodian

Phrases

Tasmanian blackwood Blackwood Creek North Blackwood

Frequently Paired Words

backwoods

Synonyms

blackwood tree

Rhymes With

packwood

Questions

How do you pronounce blackwood?: The recorded pronunciation is /blˈækwˌʊd/.
What does blackwood mean?: Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
Where does blackwood come from?: From black + wood.

How to pronounce blackwood

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