wood
The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a treeThe 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.
» It is made partly of wood.
Es ist teilweise aus Holz gemacht.
Частково це зроблено з дерева.
Meaning
9 senses(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.
Holz
де́ревоdérevo, древеси́наdrevesína, лесles
де́ревоdérevo, деревина́derevyná
(countable)The wood from a particular species of tree.
Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.
Holz, Holzart
де́ревоdérevo, древеси́наdrevesína
де́ревоdérevo, деревина́derevyná
(countable, often)A forested or wooded area.
A wood beyond this moor was viewed as a border area in the seventeenth century.
He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.
Waldland, Waldung
лесles
лісlis
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
(countable, uncountable)Firewood.
We need more wood for the fire.
(countable)A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
Holz
a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head
(countable, uncountable)A woodwind instrument.
(slang, uncountable)An erection of the penis.
That girl at the strip club gave me wood.
Latte
стоя́кstoják
(slang, uncountable)Chess pieces.
Holz
дрова́drová
дро́ваdróva
(US, offensive, slang, sometimes)A peckerwood.
Examples
2059 sentencesIt is made partly of wood.
Частково це зроблено з дерева.
deEs ist teilweise aus Holz gemacht.
The box is made of wood.
Ящик зроблений з дерева.
ruКоробка из дерева.
deDie Schachtel ist aus Holz.
The bridge is built of wood.
Міст зроблено з дерева.
ruМост построен из дерева.
deDie Brücke besteht aus Holz.
The desk is made of wood.
Стіл зроблений із дерева.
ruСтол сделан из дерева.
This bridge is made of wood.
Цей міст зроблений з дерева.
ruЭтот мост сделан из дерева.
deDiese Brücke ist aus Holz.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”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”). The spelling developed as it did in wool.
Back-formation from peckerwood.
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Forms
plural: woodsSynonyms
14 synonyms- United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942):Grant Wood
- English conductor (1869-1944):Sir Henry WoodSir Henry Joseph Wood
- United States film actress (1938-1981):Natalie Wood
- the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area:forestwoods
- English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887):Ellen WoodMrs. Henry WoodEllen Price Wood
- any wind instrument other than the brass instruments:woodwindwoodwind instrument
Word family
509 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- in the woods
- through the woods
- into the woods
- chopping wood
- made of wood
- woods at night
- the woods by
- woods by himself
- of the woods
- the woods alone
- the woods at
- kind of wood