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ashwood¹

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From ash + wood.

noun ashwoods

  1. countable, uncountable Wood of the ash tree. Easily as a sailor handling a blasphemy, the African reached behind him for the Viking ax (whose name, cut in runes along its ashwood haft, translated roughly as “Defiler of Your Mother”), but three little words preserved the cordial relations between the head and neck of the intruder, a wiry old pa

Ashwood²

Where it comes from

From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + wudu (“wood”).

proper noun Ashwoods · Dashwood

  1. countable, uncountable A village in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SO8688).
  2. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.
  3. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Lee County, South Carolina, United States.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Maury County, Tennessee, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Matagorda County, Texas, United States.
  6. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia, United States.
  7. countable, uncountable A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Monash, Victoria, Australia
  8. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{ashwood_2026,
  title = {ashwood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ashwood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}