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lightwood¹

Where it comes from

From light (noun) + wood (noun).

noun

  1. Canada, US, uncountable Any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.

lightwood²

Where it comes from

From light (“bright, pale”, adjective) + wood (noun).

noun lightwoods

  1. Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon.

Lightwood³

proper noun

  1. A locality in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, on the border with Sheffield (OS grid ref SK3782).
  2. A hamlet in Ditton Priors parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO6491).
  3. A hamlet in Hinstock parish, north Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6929).
  4. A suburb of Cheadle, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0142).
  5. A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, south-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SJ9241).
  6. A surname.

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@misc{lightwood_2026,
  title = {lightwood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lightwood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}