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woodpile

American  
[wood-pahyl] / ˈwʊdˌpaɪl /

noun

  1. a pile or stack of firewood.


woodpile British  
/ ˈwʊdˌpaɪl /

noun

  1. a pile or heap of firewood

  2. offensive See nigger

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Etymology

Origin of woodpile

First recorded in 1545–55; wood 1 + pile 1

Example Sentences

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I was out at the woodpile, splitting kindling, when he came sailing out of the henhouse.

From Literature

What was a spinning wheel doing in the woodpile?

From Literature

Poor Jeb was hunkered down under a piece of canvas that covered the woodpile when Sal and I finally came outside.

From Literature

The follow-up continues this kookiness with a madhouse spoof of Hallmark holiday saccharine in which a woodpile becomes a homicidal monster.

From Salon

He strode across the clearing to the woodpile where the children were stacking the kindling and asked, “What say you, pups? Any scent of Bertha?”

From Literature