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Definition of gopher wood in English: gopher woodnoun 1mass noun (in biblical use) the timber from which Noah's ark was made, from an unidentified tree (Gen. 6:14). Example sentencesExamples - Gopher wood or gopherwood is a term used once in the Bible, for a type of wood whose identity is unknown.
- Make thee an ark of gopher wood.
- No mention was made of gopherwood, nor how they expect that this was done with crude hand tools and carpentry.
- And coming right after creation, one researcher said that gopherwood was most likely of such a fine grain, it was a super wood, almost like stone.
- With the search still underway twenty-five years later, another explorer reclaimed the mound near Dogubayazit as Noah's Ark, which according to him contained ‘trainloads’ of gopherwood.
- All his neighbors laughed at him and all that gopher wood and pitch sure cost a lot of money but Noah obeyed.
- The visitors recognized the wood as gopherwood, despite the fact that the wood was ancient and apparently painted, and despite the fact that nobody knows what gopherwood is.
- It was made of a special wood, called gopher wood.
- Make yourself an ark of gopherwood, put various compartments in it, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
2Either of two North American trees. stinking cedar. yellow-wood. Example sentencesExamples - Although cypress wood is often used in the place of gopherwood the two terms are not equivalent.
- The gopher wood has a wide range of applications.
Origin Early 17th century: gopher from Hebrew gōp̱er. Definition of gopher wood in US English: gopher woodnoun 1(in biblical use) the timber from which Noah's ark was made, from an unidentified tree (Gen. 6:14). Example sentencesExamples - Make yourself an ark of gopherwood, put various compartments in it, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
- With the search still underway twenty-five years later, another explorer reclaimed the mound near Dogubayazit as Noah's Ark, which according to him contained ‘trainloads’ of gopherwood.
- Make thee an ark of gopher wood.
- All his neighbors laughed at him and all that gopher wood and pitch sure cost a lot of money but Noah obeyed.
- Gopher wood or gopherwood is a term used once in the Bible, for a type of wood whose identity is unknown.
- It was made of a special wood, called gopher wood.
- And coming right after creation, one researcher said that gopherwood was most likely of such a fine grain, it was a super wood, almost like stone.
- The visitors recognized the wood as gopherwood, despite the fact that the wood was ancient and apparently painted, and despite the fact that nobody knows what gopherwood is.
- No mention was made of gopherwood, nor how they expect that this was done with crude hand tools and carpentry.
2Either of two North American trees. yellowwood. stinking cedar. Example sentencesExamples - Although cypress wood is often used in the place of gopherwood the two terms are not equivalent.
- The gopher wood has a wide range of applications.
Origin Early 17th century: gopher from Hebrew gōp̱er. |