wood

wood
noun
1 what trees are made of
ADJECTIVE
hard
soft

Pine is a soft wood.

dark

The house had dark wood floors.

light, pale
green

The wood was too green to burn.

dead, rotten, rotting

She pruned the dead wood from the tree.

natural

varnish that retains the natural wood look

seasoned
rough, smooth
painted, polished, stained, varnished
carved
solid
laminated
charred
balsa, beech, cherry, pine, etc.
… OF WOOD
bit, block, piece, plank, strip

I made a coffee table out of a few bits of wood.

pile
VERB + WOOD
carve, chop, cut, saw
be made from/in/of/out of, carve sth from/in

The cabinet is made of cherry wood.

paint, stain

She stained the wood green.

burn
gather

We gathered wood for the fire.

WOOD + VERB
splinter

the sound of splintering wood

rot

Over the years, much of the wood in the house had rotted.

burn

Dry wood burns easily.

WOOD + NOUN
chip, shavings
pulp

paper made from wood pulp

grain

The direction of the wood grain influences the composition of the carving.

carving
engraving
block (usually woodblock)

Japanese woodblock prints

frame
floor, panel, panelling/paneling, plank (esp. AmE)
veneer
finish, trim

a wardrobe in a mahogany wood finish

fire
stove (esp. AmE)
PREPOSITION
in wood

The chapel has some interesting works in wood and marble.

PHRASES
the grain of the wood

When using a plane, be sure to follow the grain of the wood.

2 (BrE) small forest
ADJECTIVE
deep, dense, thick
dark
coniferous, deciduous
ancient

the largest ancient wood in Scotland

beech, birch, oak, etc.
PREPOSITION
in a/the wood, into a/the wood

a clearing in the wood

through a/the wood
3 the woods area covered with trees
ADJECTIVE
deep, dense, thick
dark
PREPOSITION
in the wood, into the wood

a walk in the woods

We came to a clearing in the woods.

through the wood

She wandered through the woods.

PHRASES
deep in the woods

a cabin deep in the woods of Maine

the edge of the woods, the middle of the woods

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