How to pronounce fatwood
American English pronunciation
FAT-wood
- IPA
- /ˈfætˌwʊd/
- Syllables
- FAT · wood (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What fatwood means
Resin-soaked pine wood that lights easily, for fires
In a sentence: Grandpa tucked a stick of fatwood under the logs, and the fire caught right away.
Where it comes from: It is made from fat and wood, a name for pine wood packed with sticky, oily resin.
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