Meaning of wood In English

• 0 a hard substance that forms the branches and trunks of trees and can be used as a building material, for making things, or as a fuel:

  • He gathered some wood to build a fire.

  • She attached a couple of planks of wood to the wall for shelves.

  • Mahogany is a hard wood and pine is a soft wood.

  • The room was heated by a wood-burning stove.

  • He likes to use a number 2 wood to tee off.

• 1 an area of land covered with a thick growth of trees:

  • an oak wood

  • We went for a walk in the woods after lunch.

• 2 made of wood:

  • Solid wood furniture is sturdy and durable.

  • We sanded and polished the wood floor in the living room.

  • Much of the original 18th-century wood panelling was destroyed in the fire.

• 3 the hard substance that forms the inside part of the branches and trunk of a tree, used to make things or as a fuel:

  • [ C ] He makes tables and other things from different kinds of wood.

• 4 woods:

  • Beyond them lay a dense wood.