wood
- noun
- /wʊd/
- Specialized
- During the music class, we learned about different wood wind instruments, including the flute and clarinet.
Examples
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The orchestra featured a beautiful wood wind section playing melodies that captivated the audience.
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She played the wood wind instrument with skill, producing a sound that filled the concert hall.
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The floor underneath was an old dark wood, which I thought was attractive for a New York apartment, though the wood did appear to be rotting.
Fiction book (1998) -
The oboe, after all, is a piece of hollowed wood with holes drilled in it.
Academic text (2014) -
She entered her kitchen, lifted the loose chunk of wood behind the drainboard, and removed her knife from its hiding place.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
An instrument that makes sound when you blow into or across it, like a flute
A musical instrument that makes sound when you blow air, often using a reed, like a clarinet or oboe
Idioms
Compounds
A very light, strong wood from a tree that grows in hot countries used for making models and floats
The lines and patterns you see on the surface of wood that its long thin parts make
Thin curled pieces of wood used to protect or cushion objects, like bedding for animals
- Archaic
A poisonous, flammable liquid once made from wood that people use as fuel or solvent
A print or method of making prints by cutting a design into a wood block and pressing paper onto it
- US
A small wild animal like a rat that lives in forests, builds nests, and often collects things
- US
A large wading bird with a long curved bill and a bald head that lives in American swamps
- UK
A small tree from Dominica that makes many large red flowers before its leaves grow
- Specialized
A heavy, hard dark wood from a Brazilian tree with black streaks used for furniture and instruments
- Specialized
A yellow liquid from tung tree seeds that dries quickly and protects wood
A small forest plant with three heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple veins
- Indian
A tree from East India with small yellow-white flowers grown for decoration in gardens
A small weed that grows close to the ground with leaves like a clover and small yellow flowers
- Specialized
A small insect that lives in and eats dry wood not touching the ground
A very hard, almost black wood that people use for fine furniture and musical instruments
A small brown mouse that is active at night and lives in woods and gardens in Europe
A plant that grows in shady woods with many long leaves that smell pleasant
A North American fern with evergreen, leathery leaves that grows in woods
- South African
An evergreen tree from South Africa with tough wood used for furniture
- South African
An evergreen tree from South Africa with very hard wood used for furniture
- Specialized
A hard, strongly scented wood from tropical trees used for oil, carving and medicine
A North American plant that grows in woods with pale blue or purple spotted flowers
- Australian
A hard dark material from an Australian acacia tree with a faint pleasant smell, used for spears and ornaments
- Australian
A large bush with sharp pointed leaves and creamy white flowers from central and eastern Australia
- US
A medium-sized tree that grows in the southeastern United States with leaves that turn golden in autumn
- Specialized
A hard red wood from a Brazilian tree that makers use for violin bows and fine furniture
- New Zealand
A New Zealand tree or shrub with thin branches that grows in cold, wet places
- US
A tropical American tree with large broad leaves and hollow stems often planted in gardens for decoration
- US
A tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit, silky bark used to make rope, and wood used for boards
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Wood meaning a wind instrument is short for woodwind, because these instruments were often made of 'wood' and are played by the player's breath or 'wind', so the orchestra calls that group the wood section.