Definitions for sandalwoods

• Definition
• Anagrams (342)

sandalwoods san·dal·wood

Spelling: [san-dl-woo d]

IPA: /ˈsæn dlˌwʊd/

Sandalwoods is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 342 anagrams from letters in sandalwoods (aaddlnoossw).

Definitions for sandalwoods

noun

1. the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
2. any of these trees, especially S. album (white sandalwood) an evergreen of India, having ovate leaves and yellowish flowers that turn red.
3. any of various related or similar trees or their woods, especially an East Indian tree, Pterocarpus santalinus (red sandalwood) of the legume family, or its heavy dark-red wood that yields a dye.

Origin of sandalwoods

First recorded in 1505-15; sandal² + wood¹

Examples for sandalwoods

Some of the rods had handles of sandalwood, and were genuine curios in carvings.

With a start Kent noticed that it was made of East Indian sandalwood.

Many of them liked the fragrance of sandalwood and strange perfumes.

sandalwood, which is more of a bush than a tree, runs small as a rule.

The air was heavy with sandalwood, and attar of rose, and incense.

Besides ponies, almost the only exports of Timor are sandalwood and beeswax.

Banquet tables were bedecked with orchids, candles, and sandalwood fans to prevent sweating in eveningwear.

In the air there was a faint odor of skins, dried herbs, sandalwood, and camphor.

The sandalwood traders, after stern experiences, had given it up.

Now, you see the track going through that clump of sandalwood?