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name
Any of many places around the world.
A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A hamlet north-east of Loch Carron, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG9543).
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name
Any of many places around the world.
A number of places in the United Kingdom:
An outer suburb west of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7274).
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name
Any of many places around the world.
A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7943).
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name
Any of many places around the world.
A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A town and community in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1797).
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name
Any of many places around the world.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia.
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Any of many places around the world.
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Gloucester Township, Camden County, New Jersey.
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name
Any of many places around the world.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina.
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name
Any of many places around the world.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.
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Any of many places around the world.
A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.
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name
Any of many places around the world.
A village in the Shire of Moorabool, north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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name
An English and Scottish habitational surname derived from the placename.
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name
A bidding convention in contract bridge, used to explore the partnership's possession of aces, kings and in some variants the queen of trumps, to judge more precisely whether slam is likely to be a good contract.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bridge, games
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noun
Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable, usually
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noun
Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia.
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noun
Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India.
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Usage: countable, uncountable, usually
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noun
Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
logwood, bloodwood (Haematoxylum campechianum), a native to southern Mexico.
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noun
The very dark wood of such trees.
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noun
any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blackwood tree
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Broader terms: tree
Narrower terms: lightwood, Acacia melanoxylon, logwood, logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, black mangrove, Avicennia marina
noun
very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wood
History
From black + wood.
Developed by Easley Blackwood.
