firewood

From Middle English ferwode, fyrewoode, equivalent to fire +‎ wood.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ.ə(ɹ).wʊd/
• (Upper RP Triphthong Smoothing) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ə(ɹ).wʊd/, /ˈfaː(ɹ).wʊd/, /ˈfɑ.ə(ɹ).wʊd/, /ˈfɑ.əː(ɹ).wʊd/
• (General American) enPR: fīʹərwo͝od, fīr, IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ.ɚ.wʊd/, [ˈfaɪ.ɚ.wʊd]
• (Southern American English, Appalachia) IPA^(key): [ˈfäː.ɚ.wʊd]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑe.ə(ɹ).wʊd/
• Rhymes: -ʊd

firewood (countable and uncountable, plural firewoods)

1. Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.

   After many days of hard work, we finally had enough firewood for the winter.

• Chinese Pidgin English: firewood, 快也𭉉

• woodfire

• 快也𭉉 (Chinese characters)

From English firewood.

firewood

1. firewood
   • 1862, T‘ong Ting-Kü, Ying Ü Tsap T’sün, or The Chinese and English Instructor, volume 6, Canton:

     涉𪢍治快也𭉉窩打

     Sip3 get3 zi6 faai3 jaa5 wut6 wo1 daa2.

     The ships provides^[sic] wood and water.

     (literally, “Ship catchee firewood, water.”)