wood

IPA: wˈʊd

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.
  • (countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
  • (countable, often as plurale tantum) A forested or wooded area.
  • Firewood.
  • (countable, golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
  • (music) A woodwind instrument.
  • (uncountable, slang) An erection of the penis.
  • (chess, uncountable, slang) Chess pieces.
  • (US, sometimes offensive, chiefly prison slang, of a person) A peckerwood.
  • An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.
  • A surname originating as an occupation for a woodsman.
  • A number of places in the United States:
  • An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa.
  • An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Missouri.
  • An unincorporated community in Franklin County, North Carolina.
  • An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Fulton County and Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
  • A small town in Mellette County, South Dakota.
  • An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.
  • A town in Wood County, Wisconsin.
  • Three townships in the United States, listed under Wood Township.

verb

  • (transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
  • (reflexive, intransitive) To hide behind trees.
  • (transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
  • (intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.

adjective

  • (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
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