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orangewood

noun
or·​ange·​wood | \ ˈär-inj-ˌwu̇d How to pronounce orangewood (audio) , ˈär(-ə)nj-, ˈȯr-inj-, ˈȯr(-ə)nj-\

Definition of orangewood

: the wood of the orange tree used especially in turnery and carving

Examples of orangewood in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Then soak your fingers in warm, soapy water, and clean under the cuticles and nail edge, preferably with an orangewood stick. — Seventeen, "what do your nails say about you?," 22 Apr. 2008

First Known Use of orangewood

1854, in the meaning defined above

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