wood stove

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
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.
– derivatives
woodless adjective.
– origin OE wudu, from Gmc.

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