1) fuelwood 2) fuel wood 3) firewood the wood, round, cleft or sawn, and generally otherwise refuse material, cut into short lengths or hogged (hog fuel) for burning GRM: n. (1,2,3) USG: deprecated term (3) Note: wood is used as a major fuel in many developing countries for cooking and heating; an intensive use of wood resources may contribute to deforestation; fuelwood consumption can be limited by improving stoves and/or by pretreatment of the wood