wood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wo͝od
ipa: /wʊd/
rhymes: -ʊd
homophone: would
Forms: form: woods
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”).
Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish ved (“wood”), Elfdalian wið (“wood, timber”), Faroese, Icelandic viður (“wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk ved (“wood, firewood”), vid (“wide, broad”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”), from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).
Senses: examples: text: This table is made of wood.
text: There was lots of wood on the beach.
text: O that men / (Canſt thou believe ?) ſhould be ſo ſtupid grown, / While yet the Patriark liv’d, who ſcap’d the Flood, / As to forſake the living God, and fall / To worſhip thir own work in Wood and Stone / For Gods !
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1006–11:
text: He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
examples: text: Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.
text: A few woods, such as cedar and redwood, are prized for their rugged naturalness and they age so beautifully that they are generally left unfinished.
ref: 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 93:
glosses: The wood from a particular species of tree.
examples: text: A wood beyond this moor was viewed as a border area in the seventeenth century.
text: He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.
text: Macbeth ſhall neuer vanquiſh’d be, vntill / Great Byrnam Wood, to high Dunſmane Hill / Shall come againſt him.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 144, column 2, lines 92–94:
text: “There upon the hill, close by the wood, did I act the elf-maiden,” said Sophie.
ref: 1845, Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Mary Howitt, Only a Fiddler! and O.T., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, page 298:
synonyms: word: woods
word: forest
word: woodland
word: forest
word: woods
word: woodland
glosses: A forested or wooded area.
raw_tags: as plurale tantum
examples: text: We need more wood for the fire.
text: We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
ref: 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
glosses: Firewood.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A woodwind instrument.
examples: text: That girl at the strip club gave me wood.
glosses: An erection of the penis.
examples: text: […] White has nothing but a lot of frozen wood on the board while Black operates on the Q-side.
ref: 1971, Chess Life & Review, volume 26, page 309:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Chess pieces.
Synonyms: sense: substance
word: timber
sense: wooded area
word: wood lot
Derived terms: word: Abbey Wood
word: aguila wood
word: alderwood
word: algumwood
taxonomic: Aquilaria malaccensis
word: aloeswood
word: amber wood cockroach
word: angelin wood
word: angely wood
word: applewood
taxonomic: Viburnum spp.
word: arrowwood
word: Ashurst Wood
word: ashwood
word: Australian wood cockroach
word: babe in the wood
word: babe in the woods
word: backwood
word: backwoods
word: balsawood
taxonomic: Baphia nitida
word: barwood
word: basketwood
taxonomic: Tilia spp.
word: basswood
word: bay-wood
word: beechwood
word: beefwood
word: bentwood
word: birchwood
word: birch wood
word: bishop wood
word: bitterwood
word: blackwood
word: Blackwood
taxonomic: Haematoxylum campechianum
word: bloodwood
word: blue wood sedge
word: bogwood
english: especially Buxus sempervirens
translation: especially Buxus sempervirens
taxonomic: Buxus spp.
word: boxwood
taxonomic: Caesalpinia echinata
word: brazilwood
word: Bretton Woods
word: brezel wood
taxonomic: Erica arborea
word: briarwood
word: bring the wood
word: browsewood
word: brushwood
english: etc
translation: etc
taxonomic: Acacia verticillata
word: bugwood
word: bulletwood
word: bullet wood
word: burlwood
word: buttonwood
word: campeachy wood
taxonomic: Haematoxylum campechianum
word: Campeche wood
word: campeche wood
word: camphorwood
word: camp wood
word: candle-wood
taxonomic: Fouquieria splendens
word: candlewood
word: Cannock Wood
word: canoewood
word: carrotwood
word: cassava wood
word: cedarwood
word: chatwood
word: cheesewood
word: Chelmsley Wood
word: cherry wood
word: cherrywood
word: chicken of the woods
word: citronwood
word: Cliffe Woods
word: coachwood
word: cocuswood
word: cocus wood
word: Colliers Wood
word: common wood pigeon
word: compression wood
word: copsewood
word: cordwood
word: cork wood
word: cottonwood
word: crabwood
word: dead wood
word: Deadwood
word: deadwood
word: dealwood
word: devilwood
word: do bears shit in the woods
word: does a bear crap in the woods
word: does a bear poop in the woods
word: does a bear shit in the woods
word: does the Pope shit in the woods
taxonomic: Cornus spp. etc.
word: dogwood
word: driftwood
word: dyewood
word: earlywood
word: eastern wood pewee
word: Eastwood
word: elfin wood
word: elkwood
word: elmwood
word: evergreen wood fern
word: fairway wood
word: fatwood
word: featherwood
word: fibrewood
word: fiddlewood
word: firewood
word: firwood
word: flame-of-the-woods
word: flame of the woods
word: flavorwood
word: flintwood
word: floating wood tile
word: fruit-wood
word: fruitwood
word: fuelwood
word: giant wood rail
word: giltwood
word: give someone wood
word: gopher wood
word: greasewood
word: green-wood
word: green wood
word: greenwood
word: grey-necked wood rail
word: groundwood
word: Hadley Wood
word: Hall i' th' Wood
word: halloo before one is out of the wood
word: Handsworth Wood
word: hardwood
word: harewood
word: Harold Wood
word: Harper Woods
word: hazelwood
word: heartwood
word: hen of the woods
taxonomic: Grifola frondosa
word: hen of the woods
word: hewers of wood and drawers of water
word: Hinchley Wood
word: Hollywood
word: Holme Wood
word: Holywood
word: horsewood
word: inkwood
word: inwood
word: Ireland Wood
word: ironwood
word: jackwood
word: jarrahwood
word: juniper wood
word: juniper-wood
word: kidneywood
word: kindlewood
word: kingwood
word: knock on wood
word: knock wood
word: lacewood
word: laka wood
word: lancewood
word: latewood
word: lay the wood
word: leadwood
word: leatherwood
word: lemonwood
word: leopardwood
word: letterwood
word: leverwood
word: Lima wood
word: limewood
word: lingoa wood
taxonomic: Haematoxylum campechianum
word: logwood
word: Madagascar wood rail
word: Madeiran wood pigeon
word: Madeira wood
word: marblewood
word: matchwood
word: mazer wood
word: Mediterranean wood
word: milkwood
word: miss the wood for the trees
word: miss the woods for the trees
word: moosewood
word: morning wood
word: neck of the woods
word: Nicaragua wood
word: nonwood
word: North American wood ape
word: Northwood
word: North Woods
word: Norwood
word: nutwood
word: old man of the woods
word: olivewood
word: orangewood
word: out of the woods
word: over the river and through the woods
word: paddlewood
word: Paddock Wood
word: palmwood
word: partridge-wood
word: peachwood
word: pearwood
word: peckerwood
word: Petts Wood
word: pigeonwood
word: pinewood
word: pine woods snake
word: pipewood
word: plastic wood
word: plywood
word: pockwood
word: poisonwood
word: pop wood
word: porkwood
word: possumwood
word: prickwood
word: princewood
word: pulpwood
word: purplewood
word: push wood
word: put the dead wood on
word: put the wood in the hole
word: rainbow wood
word: reaction wood
word: redwood
word: rhodium wood
word: rise-wood
word: rockwood
word: rosetta wood
word: rosewood
word: rotten wood
word: rubberwood
word: rubywood
word: sandal-wood
word: sandalwood
taxonomic: Biancaea sappan
word: sappanwood
word: sapwood
word: sap-wood
word: sassywood
word: satinwood
word: saw wood
word: scrapwood
word: scrubwood
word: seerwood
word: the wood for the trees
word: the woods for the trees
word: serpentwood
word: shittimwood
taxonomic: Fouquieria splendens
word: slimwood
word: snakewood
word: sneezewood
word: soapwood
word: softwood
word: soldierwood
word: sourwood
word: southernwood
word: Southwood
word: spearwood
word: speckled wood
word: spicewood
taxonomic: Dracophyllum latifolium
word: spiderwood
word: spoonwood
word: springwood
word: stavewood
word: St Giles in the Wood
word: stinkwood
word: St John's Wood
word: St Johns Wood
word: stovewood
word: stress wood
word: sweetwood
word: take to the woods
word: tallow wood
word: tallow-wood
word: tallowwood
word: tallwood
word: teakwood
word: tension wood
word: three wood
word: tigerwood
word: tiger wood
word: tonewood
word: toonwood
word: torchwood
word: touch wood
word: touchwood
word: Trincomalee wood
word: trumpetwood
word: tulipwood
word: underwood
word: vinewood
word: waddywood
word: Walsall Wood
word: warwood
word: Westwood
word: wetwood
word: whistlewood
word: whitewood
word: Whittle-le-Woods
word: wildwood
word: wood acid
word: wood-alcohol
word: wood alcohol
word: wood and water joey
word: wood anemone
word: wood anniversary
word: wood ant
word: wood apple
word: wood avens
word: woodball
word: wood bedstraw
word: wood betony
word: wood-bill
word: woodbin
word: wood bison
word: wood block
word: woodblock
word: wood-block
word: woodblockist
word: wood-blockist
word: woodborer
word: wood-boring
word: woodboring
word: woodbox
word: wood brown
word: Wood Buffalo
word: wood buffalo
word: wood bug
word: wood burner
word: woodburning
word: wood-burning
word: wood buttercup
word: woodcare
word: wood carpet
word: woodcarver
word: wood carving
word: woodcarving
word: woodchip
word: wood chip
word: wood-chip
word: woodchipper
word: woodchipping
word: woodchop
word: wood chopper
word: woodchopper
word: woodcock
word: wood cookie
word: wood-copper
word: Wood Creek
word: wood cudweed
word: woodcut
word: woodcutter
word: woodcutting
word: wood dirt
word: wood dock
word: wood drake
word: wood duck
word: wood ear
word: wood-ear
word: wooded
word: wood elf
word: wood-elf
word: wooden
word: Wood End
word: Woodend
word: wood engraving
word: wooden spoon
word: woodenware
word: woodfern
word: wood fern
word: wood finishing
word: woodfire
word: woodfired
word: wood-fired
word: woodflesh
word: wood flour
word: wood fox
word: woodfree
word: wood frog
word: woodfuel
word: wood garlic
word: wood gas
word: woodgeld
word: wood glue
word: wood goldilocks
word: woodgrain
word: Wood Green
word: wood grouse
word: wood gum
word: wood hedgehog
taxonomic: Gallirallus sylvestris
word: woodhen
word: woodhewer
word: wood hewer
word: wood-hewer
word: woodhole
word: wood hoopoe
word: woodhoopoe
word: wood horsetail
word: woodhouse
word: wood hyacinth
word: wood ibis
word: woodie
word: woodify
word: woodish
word: woodland
word: woodlark
word: wood leader
word: wood lemming
word: woodless
word: woodlessness
word: woodlike
word: wood lily
word: woodline
word: wood-locked
word: woodlore
word: wood lot
word: woodlouse
word: woodman
word: woodmaster
word: woodmeal
word: wood millet
english: Blephilia
translation: Blephilia
word: wood mint
word: woodmonger
word: woodmote
word: wood mouse
word: wood nettle
word: woodnote
word: wood nuthatch
word: wood-nymph
word: woodnymph
word: wood-oil
word: wood oil
word: wood opal
word: wood owl
word: wood parenchyma
word: wood partridge
word: woodpecker
word: wood pewee
word: wood pigeon
word: wood-pigeon
word: woodpile
word: wood poppy
word: wood processing
word: wood pulp
word: wood-pulp
word: woodpusher
word: wood pussy
word: wood putty
word: wood quail
word: wood rail
word: woodrat
word: Wood-Ridge
word: wood roach
word: woodrock
word: wood rose
word: wood-rot
word: woodrot
word: woodruff
word: woodrush
word: wood sage
word: wood sandpiper
word: woodsawyer
word: woodsball
word: woodscape
word: woods colt
word: woodscolt
word: wood screw
word: wood sedge
word: wood-sere
word: wood shampoo
word: woodshaving
word: wood-shaving flower
word: woodshed
word: woodshifter
word: wood shop
word: woodshop
word: wood shot
word: woodside
word: woodsman
word: woodsmoke
word: woodsmoked
word: wood-sorrel
word: wood sorrel
word: woodsorrel
word: woods oyster
word: wood spirit
word: wood spirits
word: wood spurge
word: woodstone
word: woodstore
word: wood stork
word: woodstove
word: wood strawberry
word: wood sugar
word: woodswallow
word: woodswoman
word: woodsy
word: wood tar
word: wood-thistle
word: wood thrush
word: wood tick
word: wood tin
word: woodturner
word: woodturning
word: wood turtle
word: wood vetch
word: Wood Walton
word: Woodwalton
word: wood warbler
word: woodward
word: wood wasp
word: woodwasp
word: wood white
word: wood wide web
word: Wood Wide Web
word: wood-wide web
word: woodwind
word: wood wool
word: wood-wool
word: woodwork
word: woodworking
word: woodworks
word: woodworm
word: woody
word: woodyard
word: woundwood
word: wound wood
word: yellowwood
word: yellow wood anemone
word: yellow wood sorrel
english: Microberlinia
translation: Microberlinia
word: zebrawood
Related terms: wooden