Difference between revisions of "Wood"

Latest revision as of 11:30, 17 October 2014

English

Noun

1. (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.
2. (countable) As the previous but referring to wood of a particular species.
3. (uncountable) A forested or wooded area, most often used in the plural.
4. Firewood.
5. (countable) (golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
6. (music) A woodwind instrument.

Verb

Wood (third-person singular simple present Woods, present participle Wooding, simple past and past participle Wooded)

1. (transitive) To cover or plant with trees.

Verbs for Wood

• (forest) comb—; encamp in—; flank—; forsake—; frequent—; infest—; inhabit—; nest in—; prowl—; roam—; rove—; scour—; shelter in—; skirt—; thread through—; —blooms; —extends; —flowers; —obscures; —ranges; —screens; —shades; —shadows; —veils.

Adjectives for Wood

• (general) sheltering; bushy; stormy; untrodden; boundless; split; green; tangled; sportive; intricate; wild; solemn; extensive; rippling; swampy; sonorous; violet; echoing; odorous; interminable; scented; ancient; plundered; dense; vernal; thorny; glowing; gloomy; snow-choked; mistrustful; soft-textured; crimson; sleeping; unfrequented; pathless; tuneful; dusky; rare; native; primitive; fragrant; budding; naked; shaded; resinous; haughty; high; desolate; shining; wet; wide-stretching; trackless; dim-seen; distant; unshorn; ragged; aromatic; branching; rank; intervening; thick; ruined; gray-colored; changing; hanging; whispering; shaggy; surrounding; dewy; variegated; chestnut; prehistoric; waving; precious; legendary; oracular; musical; autumnal; pheasant; inaccessible; ruthless; vast; competing; dreadful; deaf; dull; virgin; fatal; magnificent;

wild; primeval.

Verbs for Wood

• (material) bevel—; carve in—; char—; chisel—; com¬press—; debark—; hack—; hew—; gather—; glean—; level—; model in—; plan—; sand—; sear—; shatter—; shave—; splinter—; whittle—; —blazes; —braces; —erodes; —hardens; —petrifies; —rots; — supports.

Thesaurus

acacia, afforestation, alder, arboretum, ash, backlog, balsa, balsam, banyan, bass, basswood, beam, beech, beechwood, billet, birch, board, boarding, boondocks, brush, brushwood, burl, bush, buttonwood, chase, cherry, chestnut, clapboard, climax forest, cloud forest, cord, cork, cypress, deal, dendrology, dogwood, driftwood, ebony, elm, eucalyptus, fagot, fir, firewood, forest, forest land, forest preserve, forestry, fringing forest, gallery forest, greenwood, gum, gumwood, hanger, hardwood, hazel, hemlock, hickory, index forest, ironwood, jungle, jungles, juniper, kindling, larch, lath, lathing, lathwork, linden, locust, log, logwood, lumber, magnolia, mahogany, maple, national forest, oak, olive, palmetto barrens, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, park, park forest, pecan, pine, pine barrens, plank, planking, plyboard, plywood, pole, poplar, post, primeval forest, protection forest, puncheon, rain forest, redwood, reforestation, sandalwood, scrub, scrubland, selection forest, shake, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, sideboard, siding, slab, slat, softwood, splat, sprout forest, spruce, stand of timber, state forest, stave, stick, stick of wood, stovewood, sumac, sycamore, teak, three-by-four, timber, timberland, tree veld, two-by-four, virgin forest, walnut, weatherboard, woodland, woods, yew, yule clog, yule log