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WOODPILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does woodpile mean?
• WOODPILE (noun)
The noun WOODPILE has 1 sense:
1. a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel
Familiarity information: WOODPILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("woodpile" is a kind of...):
agglomerate; cumulation; cumulus; heap; mound; pile (a collection of objects laid on top of each other)
Context examples
"All right, I'm willin'," Matt agreed, leaning the rifle against the woodpile.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
“O’Toole or McCarthy would suit your mug a damn sight better. Unless, very likely, there’s an Irishman in your mother’s woodpile.”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He procured a packing-case from the woodpile in the cellar, fitted a cover to it, and raided the scrap-iron the Silva tribe was collecting for the junkman.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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