ironwood

/ˈaɪɚnwˌʊd/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
2. exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
3. a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
4. medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America

Synonyms for ironwood

• rose chestnut
• ironwood tree
• Mesua ferrea
• iron tree
• iron-tree
• Eastern hop hornbeam
• Ostrya virginiana

Words that rhyme with ironwood

• good
• hood
• wood
• brotherhood
• fatherhood
• neighborhood
• manhood
• womanhood
• adulthood
• babyhood
• blackwood
• boxwood
• childhood
• cottonwood
• deadwood
• dogwood
• falsehood
• leatherwood
• logwood
• neighbourhood
• redwood
• rosewood
• sainthood
• understood
• allgood
• beechwood
• boyhood
• corkwood
• devilwood
• driftwood