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name
A number of places in England:
A locality in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, on the border with Sheffield (OS grid ref SK3782).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Ditton Priors parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO6491).
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name
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Hinstock parish, north Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6929).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in England:
A suburb of Cheadle, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0142).
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name
A number of places in England:
A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, south-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SJ9241).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A surname.
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noun
Any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, uncountable
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noun
Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon.
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noun
tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Acacia melanoxylon
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Broader terms: blackwood, blackwood tree
History
From light (noun) + wood (noun).
From light (“bright, pale”, adjective) + wood (noun).
