wood
- noun
- /wʊd/
- The carpenter chose the finest piece of wood to build the table.
- wood chips
- burn wood
- chop wood
Besides the fact of adding more wood, you need more air.
- Besides the fact of adding more wood, you need more air.
- And then, you know, then from wood, we did coal.
- I would still have my wood storage space.
Examples
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By his reckoning, using wood as fuel is 37 percent more efficient than gasoline.
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This way I could use wood that was basically trash.
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I would still have my wood storage space.
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That is dry wood that is so dry.
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I just think it looks just like real wood and just so beautiful.
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Let's just do beautiful wood in the entire home.
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But just as frequently, the wood will take on a shape.
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I only have this piece of wood.
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Maybe a nice piece of wood, a nice walnut.
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Demolition waste typically contains aggregate, concrete, wood, paper, metal, insulation, glass, and other building materials.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
Wood cut into boards for building and making furniture
Strong wood from trees with wide leaves like oak or maple used for floors and furniture
Wood cut and prepared for building, like beams or posts
Hard wood from the oak tree that lasts a long time and is used for furniture
Light-coloured wood from an evergreen tree used to make furniture
Hard wood often used for furniture and floors
Long-lasting, pleasant-smelling wood used for furniture and lining closets to keep moths away
Strong flexible wood from certain trees used for making tools and sports equipment
A hard dark reddish wood from tropical trees used to make fine furniture and musical instruments
Reddish, long-lasting wood from a tall California tree used for building and furniture
Light, strong wood from an evergreen tree used for building and musical instruments
Wood from trees like pine and fir that is softer and easy to cut
Wood from apple trees used for smoking food and for carving
Wood from pine trees often used to make furniture
Wood from a large tree with smooth grey bark used for floors and tool handles
Hard pale wood from a beech tree used to make furniture, floors, and tool handles
Hard, strong wood from an elm tree used to make furniture and tools
Hard, strong wood from a large shade tree used for furniture and tools
Very hard wood used for strong tools and heavy building
Wood from cedar trees that smells pleasant, resists rot, and is used for chests and furniture
Hard wood from oak trees used to make furniture
Wood from a birch tree that people use to make furniture and buildings
A very dark, dense wood used for furniture and musical instruments
Wood that comes from gum trees used for making furniture and panels
Wood from that tree used for fuel, carving, and building
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
How Durable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wood comes from the old English word wudu which meant 'tree' or 'forest', so it named the hard, inner part of a tree that people use for building and for fuel.