English Explanatory Dictionary

gopher wood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The unidentified wood used in the construction of Noah's Ark.

Word forms

gopher wood gopherwood

Etymology

From גפר, found in Genesis 6:14. Unrelated to the North American animal. Sometimes hypothesized to be ultimately cognate to English cypress, the wood itself being such or related to the tree.

Synonyms

cypress wood gopher-wood timber planks
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