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• Wood fuel — is wood used as fuel. The burning of wood is currently the largest use of energy derived from a solid fuel biomass. Wood fuel can be used for cooking and heating, and occasionally for fueling steam engines and steam turbines that generate… …   Wikipedia

• Coppice — Cop pice (k[o^]p p[i^]s), n. [OF. copeiz, fr. coper, couper, to cut, F. couper, fr. cop, coup, colp, a blow, F. coup, L. colaphus, fr. Gr. ko lafos. Cf. {Copse}, and cf. {Coup[ e]}, {Coupee}.] A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wood pasture — is a historical European land management system in which open woodland provided shelter and forage for grazing animals, particularly sheep and cattle, as well as woodland products such as timber for construction and fuel, coppiced stems for… …   Wikipedia

• coppice — ► NOUN ▪ an area of woodland in which the trees or shrubs are periodically cut back to ground level to stimulate growth and provide wood. ► VERB ▪ cut back (a tree or shrub) in this way. ORIGIN Old French copeiz, from Greek kolaphus a blow with… …   English terms dictionary

• coppice — [[t]kɒ̱pɪs[/t]] coppices, coppicing, coppiced 1) N COUNT A coppice is a small group of trees growing very close to each other. [BRIT] ...coppices of willow. ...the mixed coppice is an ideal habitat for nesting birds. Syn: copse (in AM, use copse) …   English dictionary

• coppice — 1. noun A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse. It was also enacted that all coppices or… …   Wiktionary

• wood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. forest, grove, timber, copse, coppice, thicket, spinny, bosque, bois; woods, woodland; board, plank, log, lumber. See materials. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Wooden] Syn. woodlike, made of wood, hard;… …   English dictionary for students

• coppice — cop|pice1 [ˈkɔpıs US ˈka: ] n a copse coppice 2 coppice2 v [T] to cut a tree down so that useful new wood will grow from the bottom …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wood — noun 1) there should be enough wood left over to make a small shelf Syn: lumber, timber, planks, planking; logs, sawlogs 2) (usu. woods) a walk through the woods Syn: forest, woodland …   Thesaurus of popular words

• wood — noun 1) polished wood Syn: timber, planks, logs; N.Amer. lumber 2) a walk through the woods Syn: forest, woodland, trees, copse, coppice, grove; Brit. spinney …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary