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woodpile

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈwʊdpaɪl/
  • CMU ARPABET: W UH1 D P AY0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A pile of cut wood to be used as fuel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An arrangement of dominoes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus

History

Etymology

From wood + pile.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: hejtlignejo — pile of cut wood
  • Finnish: halkopino — pile of cut wood
  • German: Biigi — pile of cut wood
  • Hawaiian: paila wahie — pile of cut wood
  • Macedonian: кла́да (kláda) — pile of cut wood
  • Māori: apaapa wahie — pile of cut wood
  • Turkish: odun yığını — pile of cut wood