English Explanatory Dictionary

wood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The wood from a particular species of tree.
  3. A forested or wooded area.
  4. Firewood.
  5. A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
  6. A woodwind instrument.
  7. An erection of the penis.
  8. Chess pieces.
verb
  1. To cover or plant with trees.
  2. To hide behind trees.
  3. To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
  4. To take or get a supply of wood.
adj
  1. Mad, insane, crazed.
noun
  1. A peckerwood.
name
  1. An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.
  2. A surname originating as an occupation for a woodsman.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A township in Clark County, Indiana.
  5. An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa.
  6. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Missouri.
  7. An inactive township in Wright County, Missouri.
  8. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, North Carolina.
  9. An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Fulton County and Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
  10. A township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
  11. A small town in Mellette County, South Dakota.
  12. An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.

Pronunciation

wo͝od /wʊd/ En-au-wood.ogg /wʉd/ /(ʋ)ʊɖ/

Word forms

wood woods wooding wooded wooder woodest wode

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”). The spelling developed as it did in wool. Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ved (“wood”), Elfdalian wið (“wood, timber”), Faroese and Icelandic viður (“wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk ved (“wood, firewood”), vid (“wide, broad”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”), from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).

Synonyms

timber woods forest woodland wood lot

Related words

firth grove holt hurst shaw thicket tree wald weald wold woods wooden

Derived words

Abbey Wood aguila wood alderwood algumwood aloeswood amber wood cockroach angelin wood angely wood applewood arrowwood Ashurst Wood ashwood Australian wood cockroach babe in the wood babe in the woods backwood backwoods balsawood barwood basketwood basswood bay-wood beechwood beefwood bentwood birchwood birch wood bishop wood bitterwood Blackwood bloodwood blue wood sedge bogwood bow-wood boxwood brazilwood Bretton Woods brezel wood briarwood bring the wood browsewood brushwood bugwood bullet wood bulletwood burlwood buttonwood campeachy wood Campeche wood camphorwood camp wood candle-wood candlewood Cannock Wood canoewood carrotwood cassava wood cedarwood chatwood cheesewood

Translations

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