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- noun The
wood of thepear tree .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The X2000, as the silver-blue Swedish train is called, has amenities alien to Amtrak regulars: plush seats with pearwood working tables, wide aisles, headsets for listening to music, electronic data displays, a telephone/fax compartment and a "bistro car" for eating.
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At times like this, one could wish for some sapient pearwood.
Aftermath jhetley 2007
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If I were a tree, I would be a (n): weeping willow - that, or sapient pearwood
jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2002
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A thin, curved shell of shiny rust-brown pearwood wraps the main dining space, which is smaller than I remembered.
Midtown's Brasserie Reopens But Where Are the Revelers? 2000
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A thin, curved shell of shiny rust-brown pearwood wraps the main dining space, which is smaller than I remembered.
Midtown's Brasserie Reopens But Where Are the Revelers? 2000
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In one corner an exceptional French secretary of gleaming pearwood stood like an exhibit in a museum.
Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995
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I made it from pearwood, and jointed and polished it well, and inlaid the lid with a little picture of Our Lady in nacre and silver, and blue stone for the mantle.
Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992
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Nearby, was a gleaming oval pearwood table with eight matching chairs.
Black Blade Lustbader, Eric Van 1992
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Good God! She did not invite them to take off their coats, but turned immediately, led them down a long pearwood-paneled hallway.
The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983
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Four supper-couches of pale polished pearwood, a sideboard with a fine wine-cooler and red-figured cups, a little gilt Aphrodite on a marble stand.
The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978
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