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WOOD FUEL [1 record]

Record 1 2013-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Products
  • Types of Wood
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
  • Solid Fuel Heating
DEF

Wood - round, cleft or sawn, and generally otherwise refuse material - cut into short lengths or hogged (hog fuel) for burning.

CONT

Most wood fuel is used in the less developed southern countries ...

OBS

firewood: term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits du bois
  • Sortes de bois
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
  • Chauffage aux combustibles solides
DEF

Bois (ûches fendues ou sciées, rondins, etc.), utilisé à des fins de chauffage.

OBS

bois de feu; bois à brûler : termes en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos madereros
  • Tipos de madera
  • Combustión y combustibles (Hogares o chimeneas)
  • Calefacción por combustibles sólidos
DEF

Madera utilizada como combustible procedente de residuos de elaboraciones diversas. Comprende ramas, raberones, trozas defectuosas o pequeñas, desperdicios de madera y pies cortados especialmente para ello, en largos adecuados a los hornos y hogares.

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