woodpile

woodpile
See: NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • woodpile — [wood′pīl΄] n. a pile of wood, esp. of firewood …   English World dictionary

  • woodpile — UK [ˈwʊdˌpaɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms woodpile : singular woodpile plural woodpiles a pile of wood used for making fires …   English dictionary

  • woodpile — See: NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • woodpile — See: nigger in the woodpile …   Словарь американских идиом

  • woodpile — [[t]w ʊdpaɪl[/t]] woodpiles N COUNT: usu sing A woodpile is a pile of wood that is intended to be burnt on a fire as fuel …   English dictionary

  • woodpile — noun Date: circa 1552 a pile of wood (as firewood) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • woodpile — /wood puyl /, n. a pile or stack of firewood. [1545 55; WOOD1 + PILE1] * * * …   Universalium

  • woodpile — noun A pile of cut wood to be used as fuel …   Wiktionary

  • woodpile — wood|pile [ˈwudpaıl] n a pile of wood to be burned in a fire …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • woodpile — wood|pile [ wud,paıl ] noun count a pile of wood used for making fires …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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