Synonyms for rosewood
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rohz-woo d |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈroʊzˌwʊd |
Top 10 synonyms for rosewood Other synonyms for the word rosewood
Définition of rosewood
Origin :- 1650s, from rose (n.1) + wood (n.). The name is due to the scent of some species when freshly cut.
- As in club : noun bat, stick
- After this she wanted a carpet, curtains and rosewood furniture.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- They lunched by the fireside on a little round table, inlaid with rosewood.
- Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
- Their chief object of commerce is rosewood or "cam," which they send to the coast.
- Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne
- There are splendid mountains and great forests of mahogany, rosewood, and pine.
- Extract from : « Ahead of the Army » by W. O. Stoddard
- A Japanese rosewood on one trip, a Greek olive tree on another.
- Extract from : « When the Owl Cries » by Paul Bartlett
- The shelf in this sort of closet contained only a rosewood casket.
- Extract from : « Gerfaut, Complete » by Charles de Bernard
- Rosewood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, tortoise-shell, and ivory.
- Extract from : « Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) » by Carl Engel
- Lo, the pictures and statues, the Brussels and rosewood which his money has bought!
- Extract from : « The Secret Service. » by Albert D. Richardson
- This applies to walnut and rosewood in distemper as well as to mahogany.
- Extract from : « Practical Graining » by William E. (William Edmund) Wall
- We lifted the instrument—it was most beautiful not only in touch but also with its rosewood case.
- Extract from : « The Orange Girl » by Walter Besant
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