Definitions for WOODwʊd

woodwʊd(n.)

the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
Category: Botany
the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for building and other purposes; timber or lumber.
Ref: firewood.
Often, woods. a large and thick collection of growing trees; a grove or forest.
a cask or keg, as distinguished from a bottle:
aged in the wood.
Category: Viniculture/Winemaking
any of a set of four golf clubs, orig. with wooden heads, used for hitting long shots.
Category: Sport
Ref: Compare iron (def. 5). 5
(adj.)made of wood; wooden.
used to store, work, or carry wood:
a wood chisel.
dwelling or growing in woods:
a wood bird.
(v.t.)to cover or plant with trees.
(v.i.)to take in or get supplies of wood (often fol. by up):
to wood up before winter comes.

knock on wood,(used when knocking on something wooden to assure continued good luck):
The car's still in good shape, knock on wood.
Category: Idiom
out of the woods, no longer in a dangerous, critical, or difficult situation or condition; safe.
Category: Idiom

bef. 900; ME; OE wudu, earlier widu, c. OHG witu, ON vithr; akin to OIr fid tree, Welsh gwŷdd trees

wood^*wʊd(adj.)

^* Archaic..

bef. 900; ME; OE wōd, c. ON ōthr raging, Go wods possessed by demons

Woodwʊd(n.)

wood(noun)
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
forest, wood, woods(noun)
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
Wood, Natalie Wood(noun)
United States film actress (1938-1981)
Wood, Sir Henry Wood, Sir Henry Joseph Wood(noun)
English conductor (1869-1944)
Wood, Mrs. Henry Wood, Ellen Price Wood(noun)
English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)
Wood, Grant Wood(noun)
United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)
woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood(noun)
any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
wood(noun)
a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head
"metal woods are now standard"

wood(noun)ʊd
the substance that comes from tree trunks
houses built out of wood; a wood fire; to cut wood
woodʊd
a forest
alone in the woods at night

wood(Noun)
A peckerwood.
Wood(ProperNoun)
An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.
Wood(ProperNoun)
An English occupational surname for a woodsman.
wood(Noun)
Plural form of woodman.

Wood(adj)
mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic
Wood(verb)
to grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad
Wood(noun)
a large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural
Wood(noun)
the substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber
Wood(noun)
the fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain
Wood(noun)
trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses
Wood(verb)
to supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive
Wood(verb)
to take or get a supply of wood

Wood
A product of hard secondary xylem composed of CELLULOSE, hemicellulose, and LIGNANS, that is under the bark of trees and shrubs. It is used in construction and as a source of CHARCOAL and many other products.