Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: greenwood
IPA transcription: [ɡɹ'inw,ʊd]
Pronunciations of greenwood
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: greenwood
    Meaning: woodlands in full leaf; "the greenwood was Robin Hood's home"
Usage examples
  • Not knowing what to do, she sent for Arnold at the Greenwood Club, and told him a little, not all.
  • Greenwood urged that he should have ten or twelve men on whom he could rely after reaching deep snow.
  • And then through an enormous concourse of people, Fifth Avenue being blocked for a mile, the body was borne to Greenwood Cemetery.
  • "He says, sir, that he was taken prisoner by Robin Hood's men a week ago, and that he has just come from the camp under the greenwood tree, and has brought you news, master."
  • Soon thereafter "Old Trapper Greenwood" appeared in San Francisco, asking for assistance in fitting out a following to go to the mountains with himself and McCutchen, Mr. George Yount and others in and around Sonoma and Napa having recommended him as leader.
  • RELIEF MEASURES INAUGURATED IN CALIFORNIA--DISTURBED CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF MEXICAN WAR--GENEROUS SUBSCRIPTIONS--THREE PARTIES ORGANIZE--"FIRST RELIEF," UNDER RACINE TUCKER; "SECOND RELIEF" UNDER REED AND GREENWOOD; AND RELAY CAMP UNDER WOODWORTH--FIRST RELIEF PARTY CROSSES SNOW-BELT AND REACHES DONNER LAKE.
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