wood in English dictionary

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    Meanings and definitions of "wood"

    • (countable) As the previous but referring to wood of a particular species.
    • (uncountable) A forested or wooded area, most often used in the plural.
    • Firewood.
    • (countable) (golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
    • (music) A woodwind instrument.
    • (slang) An erection.
    • Made of wood.
    • (transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
    • (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
    • (uncountable) 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.
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Mad, insane, crazed.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      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.
    • noun
      (countable)
      The wood of a particular species of tree.
    • noun
      (countable)
      A forested or wooded area.
    • noun
      Firewood.
    • noun
      (countable, golf)
      A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
    • noun
      (music)
      A woodwind instrument.
    • noun
      (uncountable, slang)
      An erection of the penis.
    • noun
      (chess, uncountable, slang)
      Chess pieces.
    • noun
      (US, sometimes offensive, chiefly prison slang, of a person)
      A peckerwood.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cover or plant with trees.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
    • verb
      To take or get a supply of wood.
    • substance
    • wood from a particular species
    • woodland
    • firewood
    • type of golf club
    • slang: an erection
    • made of wood
    • to cover or plant with trees
    • A dense growth of trees more extensive than a grove and smaller than a forest.
    • An area where trees grow, where there are, no streets, no buildings, no agriculture beyond growing trees.
    • wood (as opposed to bark)
    • 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.
    • noun
      any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
    • noun
      a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"
    • noun
      the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
    • noun
      the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

    Synonyms of "wood" in English dictionary

    woods, golf-club, conductor are the top synonyms of "wood" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of wood

    • wood ( comparative wooder, superlative woodest)
    • wood ( countable and uncountable;  plural  woods)
    • wood ( not comparable)
    • wood ( third-person singular simple present woods, present participle wooding, simple past and past participle wooded)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza wood; lm  liczba mnoga woods lp  liczba pojedyncza wood; blm  bez liczby mnogiej blp  bez liczby pojedynczej; lm  liczba mnoga woods
    • wood (comparative wooder, superlative woodest)
    • wood (countable and uncountable, plural woods)
    • wood (plural woods)
    • wood (third-person singular simple present woods, present participle wooding, simple past and past participle wooded)
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    Meanings and definitions of "wood"

    • An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.
    • An English occupational surname for a woodsman.
    • proper
      An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.
    • proper
      An occupational surname for a woodsman.
    • noun
      English conductor (1869-1944)
    • noun
      English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)
    • noun
      United States film actress (1938-1981)
    • noun
      United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)

    Synonyms of "wood" in English dictionary

    Sir Henry Wood, Sir Henry Joseph Wood, Mrs. Henry Wood are the top synonyms of "wood" in the English thesaurus.

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