wood
[noun]
Synonyms:
- timber
- woodland, coppice, copse, forest, grove, thicket

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English Thesaurus: evergreen, deciduous, conifer, fruit tree, sapling, ...

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I. Wood, Elijah
(1981–) an American film and television actor, best known for playing the part of Frodo Baggins in the three Lord of the Rings films directed by Peter Jackson. His other films include Avalon, Forever Young, and Deep Impact.

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II. Wood, Grant
(1892–1942) a US artist known especially for the painting American Gothic

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III. Wood, Sir Henry
(1869–1944) a British conductor (=someone who directs a group of musicians) who started the Proms, a series of concerts which take place in London every summer

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IV. Wood, Victoria
(1953–) a British comedian and writer who works in the theatre and on television. She is known for her gentle but very clever sense of humour.

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wood S2 W2 /wʊd/ noun
[Word Family: adjective: wooded, wooden, woody; noun: wood, woodenness; adverb: woodenly]
[Language: Old English; Origin: wudu]

1. [uncountable and countable] the material that trees are made of ⇒ wooden, woody:
Put some more wood on the fire.
a polished wood floor
Her house was made of wood. ⇒ hardwood, softwood

2. [countable] (also the woods) a small forest:
a walk in the woods

3. touch wood British English, knock on wood American English said just after you have said that things are going well for you, when you want your good luck to continue

4. [countable] one of a set of four golf clubs with wooden heads

5. not be out of the wood(s) yet informal used to say that there are likely to be more difficulties before things improve

6. not see the wood for the trees to not notice what is important about something because you give too much of your attention to small details
⇒ dead wood

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wood
noun
I. what trees are made of
ADJ. hard | soft Pine is a soft wood.
dark The pub had dark wood panelling.
light, pale | green The wood was too green to burn.
dead, rotten, rotting She pruned the dead wood from the tree.
kindling There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall.
natural varnish that retains the natural wood look
seasoned | rough | painted, polished, stained, varnished | carved | solid | laminated | charred | balsa, beech, pine, etc.
QUANT. block, piece, plank, strip
VERB + WOOD chop, cut, saw | be made from/in/(out) of, carve/make sth from/in/out of The cabinet is made of cherry wood. We carve the moulds in wood.
paint, polish, stain, varnish She stained the wood green.
season Traditionally wood was seasoned in the open air.
burn | gather We gathered wood for the fire.
WOOD + VERB splinter the sound of splintering wood
rot Over the years, much of the wood in the house had rotted.
burn Dry wood burns easily.
WOOD + NOUN chip | carving | floor, panel, panelling | laminate, veneer | finish a wardrobe in a mahogany wood finish
fire
PREP. in ~ The chapel has some interesting works in wood and marble.

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wood
II. area covered with trees
ADJ. deep, dense, thick | dark, shady | broad-leaved, deciduous | beech, birch, oak, etc.
PREP. in the ~ a walk in the woods
through the ~ He wandered through the beech wood.

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wood

solid wood
You can install a solid wood door.
bare wood (=not painted or covered)
The floors were of bare wood.
a hard/soft wood
Oak is a hard wood.
chop wood
He was chopping wood for the fire.
cut/saw wood
A local carpenter cut the wood to size.
carve wood (=used a knife to shape it)
The room was decorated with carved wood.
a piece of wood
He made a bench out of pieces of wood.
a plank of wood (=a long thin flat piece)
The shed was constructed from some old planks of wood.
a block of wood
I used a block of wood to knock the pole into the ground.
the grain of the wood (=the natural lines in it)
The oil enhances the natural grain of the wood.
wood chips (=small rough pieces)
Fish are smoked slowly over wood chips.
wood shavings (=thin curly pieces)
He cleared up the wood shavings.
wood smoke
There was a smell of wood smoke.

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wood
noun
BAD: The coat has a leather belt and three brown wood buttons.
GOOD: The coat has a leather belt and three brown wooden buttons.

Usage Note:
The adjective meaning 'made of wood' is usually wooden (NOT wood ): 'Stir the mixture gently with a wooden spoon.'

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evergreen adjective an evergreen tree does not lose its leaves in winter:
English ivy is evergreen and grows even during the winter.
deciduous adjective a deciduous tree loses its leaves in winter:
The oak is deciduous, but loses its leaves late in the year.
conifer noun [countable] a tree such as a pine or fir that has leaves like needles and produces cones containing seeds:
The owners have planted conifers along the fence in order to reduce the traffic noise.
a dwarf conifer
fruit tree noun [countable] a tree that produces fruit that can be eaten:
Fruit trees such as apples and pears can be pruned during the winter months.
sapling noun [countable] a young tree:
It's best to buy young saplings rather than fully-grown trees.
copse noun [countable] a small group of trees:
a small copse of fir trees
woodland noun [uncountable] land covered with trees:
the maintenance of ancient woodland
woodland areas
wood noun [countable] (also woods) a large area with many trees:
We went for a walk in the woods.
forest noun [uncountable and countable] a very large area with a lot of trees growing closely together:
pine forests
They worked as tree planters in the forests of Washington State.
The forest fire was started by a discarded cigarette.
rainforest noun [uncountable and countable] a tropical forest with tall trees, in an area where it rains a lot:
the Amazon rainforest
12 million acres of rainforest have been destroyed.
jungle noun [uncountable and countable] a tropical forest with trees and large plants:
The wreckage of the plane was found in dense jungle.
a remote jungle area
timber British English, lumber American English noun [uncountable] wood used for building and making things:
a timber company
softwood lumber
hardwood noun [uncountable and countable] strong heavy wood from trees such as oak:
hardwood floors
hardwoods such as teak
softwood noun [uncountable and countable] wood from trees such as pine and fir that is cheap and easy to cut:
Most tables are made from softwood.
firewood noun [uncountable] wood that has been cut or collected in order to be burned in a fire:
They collected branches that could be used for firewood.

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wood noun [uncountable and countable] the usual word for the hard material that trees are made of:
They were chopping wood for the fire.
The doors are made of solid wood.
wood flooring
timber British English, lumber American English noun [uncountable] wood used for building and making things:
a timber company
softwood lumber
hardwood noun [uncountable and countable] strong heavy wood from trees such as oak:
hardwood floors
hardwoods such as teak
softwood noun [uncountable and countable] wood from trees such as pine and fir that is cheap and easy to cut:
Most tables are made from softwood.
firewood noun [uncountable] wood that has been cut or collected in order to be burned in a fire:
They collected branches that could be used for firewood.

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wood
wud
See: can't see the wood for the trees , knock on wood , saw wood

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