Dictionary

limewood en · NOUN

Etymology

From lime² (ultimately from Old English lind) + wood.

Meanings

1. (UK, uncountable, usually) The wood from the lime tree or linden tree.
   • But he would not publicly confirm his purchase of “Hercules and Achelous,” or another rarity that experts say he bought this year: a limewood figure of St. Catherine by the German Medieval sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider that went for $6.3 million at Sotheby’s in January. 2008 June 13, Carol Vogel, “Darkness Was Muse for a Master of Light”, in New York Times:

Forms

Synonyms

linden wood · basswood

Translations (3)

de Lindenholz (wood from a lime tree or linden tree) · de Linde (wood from a lime tree or linden tree) · fr bois de tilleul (wood from a lime tree or linden tree)