wood
wood [wood woods] BrE [wʊd] NAmE [wʊd] noun 
1. uncountable, countable the hard material that the ↑trunk and branches of a tree are made of; this material when it is used to build or make things with, or as a fuel
• He chopped some wood for the fire.
•a plank of wood
• All the furniture was made of wood.
•a wood floor
•furniture made of a variety of different woods
•In the spring, cut out the old wood and shorten the young stems (= of bushes, etc.).
see also ↑dead wood, ↑hardwood, ↑softwood, ↑wooden, ↑woody
2. countable (also woodsplural)an area of trees, smaller than a forest
•a large wood
•a walk in the woods 
see also ↑wooded
3. countable a heavy wooden ball used in the game of ↑bowls
4. countable a ↑golf club with a large head, that was usually made of wood in the past
compare ↑iron
more at knock on wood at ↑knock v., neck of the woods at ↑neck n., touch wood at ↑touch v.
Idioms: ↑not out of the woods ▪ ↑not see the wood for the trees
See also: ↑not see the forest for the trees
Word Origin:
Old English wudu, from a Germanic word related to Welsh gwŷdd ‘trees’.
Example Bank:
•He wandered through the beech wood.
•I made a coffee table out of a few bits of wood.
•Over the years, much of the wood in the house had rotted.
•Pine is a soft wood.
•She pruned the dead wood from the tree.
•She stained the wood green.
•She wandered through the woods.
•The cabinet is made of cherry wood.
•The chapel has some interesting works in wood and marble.
•The direction of the wood grain influences the composition of the carving.
•The house had dark wood floors.
•The pub had dark wood panelling.
•The wood was too green to burn.
•There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall.
•Traditionally wood was seasoned in the open air.
•We came to a clearing in the woods.
•We carve the moulds in wood.
•We gathered wood for the fire.
•When using a plane, be sure to follow the grain of the wood.
•a cabin deep in the woods of Maine
•a wardrobe in a mahogany wood finish
•paper made from wood pulp
•the largest ancient wood in Scotland
•the sound of splintering wood
•varnish that retains the natural wood look
•We descended through an oak wood to the village below.
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