moose-wood

Questions about moose-wood

What does moose-wood mean?

moose-wood means "maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in moose-wood?

moose-wood has 3 syllables: moo-se--wood. The stress falls on "moo".

What is another word for moose-wood?

Close synonyms include moosewood, striped maple, striped dogwood, goosefoot maple, Acer pennsylvanicum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is moose-wood a common word?

moose-wood is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.