Definition of WOOD

wood

Plural: woods

Noun

  • the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
  • the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
  • United States film actress (1938-1981)
  • English conductor (1869-1944)
  • English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)
  • United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)
  • 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  • a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head
    • "metal woods are now standard"
  • 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.
  • The wood from a particular species of tree.
  • A forested or wooded area.
  • Firewood.
  • A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
  • A woodwind instrument.
  • An erection of the penis.
  • Chess pieces.
  • A peckerwood.

Verb

Verb Forms: wooded, wooding, woods

  • To supply or furnish with wood.
  • To cover or plant with trees.
  • To hide behind trees.
  • To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
  • To take or get a supply of wood.

Adj

  • Mad, insane, crazed.

Examples

  • A wood beyond this moor was viewed as a border area in the seventeenth century.
  • He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.
  • Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.
  • That girl at the strip club gave me wood.
  • The carpenter used his Scrabble skills to WOOD the empty spaces on his board.
  • There was lots of wood on the beach.
  • This table is made of wood.
  • We need more wood for the fire.

Origin / 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 ved (“wood”), Swedish ved (“firewood”), Icelandic viður (“wood”). 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).

Synonyms

Ellen Price Wood, forest, Grant Wood, Mrs. Henry Wood, Natalie Wood, Sir Henry Joseph Wood, Sir Henry Wood, woods, woodwind, woodwind instrument, timber, wood lot, woodland

Scrabble Score: 8

wood: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wood: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wood: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

wood: valid Words With Friends Word