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greenwood

[ green-woo d ]

/ ˈgrinˌwʊd /

noun

a woods or forest when green, as in summer.

Origin of greenwood

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at green, wood¹

Words nearby greenwood

greenwich, greenwich hour angle, greenwich mean time, greenwich time, greenwich village, greenwood, greer, greet, greeter, greeting, greeting card

Definition for greenwood (2 of 2)

Greenwood

[ green-woo d ]

/ ˈgrinˌwʊd /

noun

a city in W South Carolina.

a city in NW Mississippi.

a town in central Indiana.

Example sentences from the Web for greenwood

“There used to be a lot more of us,” said Greenwood, who serves on the board of directors for the National Audubon Society.

Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows, May 18 |PunditFact.com |May 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
W.C. Handy, the so-called Father of the Blues and composer of “St. Louis Blues,” is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in the Bronx.

Blues Musicians in Unmarked Graves Are Finally Getting Some Respect |Malcolm Jones |January 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Greenwood is a tiny farming community of 15,000 people, and we found about 70 percent of our locations within a three-mile radius.

How We Made 'The Help' |Brunson Green |August 13, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Within an hour of arriving in Greenwood, Miss., we had found our “backlot” for The Help.

How We Made 'The Help' |Brunson Green |August 13, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Boy, were we wrong: Being in Greenwood provided the right recipe to re-create that feeling.

How We Made 'The Help' |Brunson Green |August 13, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Mr. Greenwood knew well that this was only the beginning of his troubles.

Marion Fay |Anthony Trollope
Mr. Greenwood got up from the edge of the chair, and again stood in the middle of the room.

Marion Fay |Anthony Trollope
"Call upon me to-morrow, and I will give you another twenty pounds to free me from these bonds," said Greenwood.

The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 |George W. M. Reynolds
It will have been caught ere now, or it will make its way to Greenwood.

Lewis Rand |Mary Johnston
We followed the Chambersburg pike as far as Greenwood where we turned to the left down a road leading southerly.

Our campaign around Gettysburg |John Lockwood

British Dictionary definitions for greenwood

greenwood

/ (ˈɡriːnˌwʊd) /

noun

a forest or wood when the leaves are green: the traditional setting of stories about English outlaws, esp Robin Hood