boxwood
boxwood
Definition
box·wood (-wo̵od′)
noun
- the hard, closegrained wood of the box shrub or tree
- the box shrub or tree
boxwood
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- African: Workers exposed to the dust of African boxwood developed alarming reactions including irritation of the eyes and nose, and also constitutional symptoms.
Modifies a noun
- tree: As if he were a boxwood tree, they put axes against him in his joyous dwelling place.
- inlay: The natural keys are covered with bone and the sharps are made of ebony with boxwood inlays.
- line: Curl mahogany veneers inlayed with boxwood lines and macassar ebony.
- clarinet: When she came down she was flourishing a small boxwood clarinet from the early 19th century, made by Key of London.
