greenwood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A forest in full leaf, as in summer.
  2. Wood that is green; in other words, not seasoned.
  3. Certain half-shrubby species of genista.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A placename
  3. A place in Canada:
  4. A part of Greenwood/Greenbriar, Calgary, Alberta.
  5. A minor city in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia.
  6. A village in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
  7. A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  8. A hamlet in the city of Pickering, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario.
  9. A community in Laurentian Valley township, Renfrew County, Ontario.
  10. A number of places in the United States:
  11. A locality in Mohave County, Arizona.
  12. A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹiːnwʊd/ /ˈɡɹinwʊd/ en-au-greenwood.ogg /ˈɡɹin.wʊd/

Word forms

greenwood greenwoods green-wood greenewood

Etymology

From Middle English grene wode (“a forest that is leafed out, a greenwood" also "unseasoned firewood”), equivalent to green + wood.

Derived words

Greenwood County Greenwood Township
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