wood
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- A2
The hard material that trees are made of, used for making things and for burning.
The old bridge over the stream is built entirely of wood.
Wet wood burns badly and fills the whole room with smoke.
He carves small birds out of wood in his workshop.
Common collocations: made of wood · a piece of wood · solid wood · chop wood · burn wood
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B1
An area of land with many trees growing on it, smaller than a big forest.
A narrow path leads into the wood behind their house.
Deer come out of the woods early in the morning.
We got lost in the woods and came home after dark.
Common collocations: in the woods · a walk in the woods · through the woods · the edge of the wood
Forms
- plural
- woods