Definition & Meaning of "wood"in English

Wood

the hard material that the trunk and branches of a tree or shrub are made of, used for fuel or timber

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Composition

Simple

Uncountable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

woods

Examples

He chopped the wood into small pieces to use as firewood.

a place where many trees grow close together

Examples

The fox disappeared into the underbrush of the wood.

any wind instrument other than the brass instruments

a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head

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Lexical Tree

underwood

wooded

wooden

wood

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