flavorwood

Definitions

Wood that is intended impart a particular flavor to food when used for cooking.

uncountable

Examples

“The 63-page booklet gives ideas on special forest products from speciality wood products such as wooden bowls, fencing, curios, novelties and rustic furniture to other products as varied as flavorwood chips for barbecuing […]”

“Apart from charcoal, a number⟳ of small entrepreneurs have⟳ tried entering the cooking wood (also called smokewood or flavorwood) business in the past few years.”

“The U.S. Forest Service has information on income opportunities in special forest products with ideas ranging from aromatics (such as birch oil and cedar leaf oil) to flavorwood (like⟳ hickory and oak).”

CEFR level