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/wʊd/ · 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..
This table is made of wood.
There was lots of wood on the beach.
O that men / (Canſt thou believe ?) ſhould be ſo ſtupid grown, / While yet the Patriark liv’d, who ſcap’d the Flood, / As to forſake the living God, and fall / To worſhip thir own work in Wood and Stone / For Gods !
He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.
A few woods, such as cedar and redwood, are prized for their rugged naturalness and they age so beautifully that they are generally left unfinished.
A wood beyond this moor was viewed as a border area in the seventeenth century.
He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.
Use wood when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wood means (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..
Common synonyms include timber, wood lot, woods, forest.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This table is made of wood.
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