how to pronounce firewood

/ˈfaɪə.wʊd/

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firewood is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of firewood in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… more in along with some firewood to …”

meaning of firewood

Firewood is wood that is used to start a fire.

firewood frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word firewood occurs in english on average 2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.