wood
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wood/wʊd/
▶noun
- 1 the hard fibrous material forming the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber.
■ (the wood) wooden barrels used for storing alcoholic drinks.
■ a golf club with a wooden or other head that is relatively broad from face to back.
■ another term for bowl2 (sense 1 of the noun).
- 2 (also woods) a small forest.
– phrases
be unable to see the wood (or N. Amer. the forest) for the trees fail to grasp the main issue because of over-attention to details.
out of the wood (or woods) [usu. with neg.] out of danger or difficulty.
touch (or chiefly N. Amer. knock on) wood touch something wooden to ward off bad luck.
be unable to see the wood (or N. Amer. the forest) for the trees fail to grasp the main issue because of over-attention to details.
out of the wood (or woods) [usu. with neg.] out of danger or difficulty.
touch (or chiefly N. Amer. knock on) wood touch something wooden to ward off bad luck.
– derivatives
woodless adjective.
woodless adjective.
– origin OE wudu, from Gmc.
'wood' also found in these Oxford entries:
afrormosia
- aloe
- ambatch
- amboyna
- ambrosia beetle
- ambuscade
- ambush
- andiron
- angle bead
- ash
- ashen
- assegai
- atelier
- axe
- balsa
- bar
- bark beetle
- beech
- beechwood
- beefwood
- beeswax
- bentwood
- billet
- birch
- biscuit
- bistre
- blackbutt
- blackwood
- block
- block plane
- bloodwood
- board
- board foot
- bog oak
- bookworm
- boomerang
- bouquet
- bow
- box
- brace
- brand
- brassie
- Brazil
- brown
- bullroarer
- bur oak
- burr
- bush
- butternut
- camwood
