Meaning of wood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A peckerwood.
   US, offensive, slang, sometimes
2. An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.
   countable, uncountable
3. 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.
   uncountable
4. The wood from a particular species of tree.
   countable
5. wooden plank, board
6. To gather or be supplied with wood.
7. A surname originating as an occupation for a woodsman.
   countable, uncountable
8. A forested or wooded area.
   countable, often
9. makings
10. Free of a difficult or hazardous situation; in a position of safety or security.
11. A number of places in the United States:
    countable, uncountable
12. A township in Clark County, Indiana.
    countable, uncountable
13. Firewood.
    countable, uncountable
14. Mentally deranged.
15. An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa.
    countable, uncountable
16. A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
    countable
17. mad; insane.
18. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
19. A woodwind instrument.
    countable, uncountable
20. Grant, 1892–1942, U.S. painter.
21. An inactive township in Wright County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
22. An erection of the penis.
    slang, uncountable
23. The tough, fibrous substance lying beneath the bark of trees and shrubs, consisting of the vascular tissue known as xylem. The main components of wood are cellulose and lignin.
24. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, North Carolina.
    countable, uncountable
25. Chess pieces.
    slang, uncountable
26. an intense dislike for wood.
27. An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Fulton County and Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
    countable, uncountable
28. a mania for wood.
29. A township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
    countable, uncountable
30. the skill, craft, or trade of a joiner or carpenter; woodworking. — joiner, n.
31. A small town in Mellette County, South Dakota.
    countable, uncountable
32. the process of turning into wood or becoming woodlike.
33. An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.
    countable, uncountable
34. A town in Wood County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
35. A place in the United Kingdom:
    countable, uncountable
36. A hamlet in Ashill parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3117).
    countable, uncountable
37. A hamlet in Nolton and Roch community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8522).
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“This table is made of wood.”

“There was lots of wood on the beach.”

“O that men / (Canſt thou believe ?) ſhould be ſo ſtupid grown, / While yet the Patriark liv’d, who ſcap’d the Flood, / As to forſake the living God, and fall / To worſhip thir own work in Wood and Stone / For Gods !”

“He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.”

“Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.”

“A few woods, such as cedar and redwood, are prized for their rugged naturalness and they age so beautifully that they are generally left unfinished.”

“A wood beyond this moor was viewed as a border area in the seventeenth century.”

“He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.”

“Macbeth ſhall neuer vanquiſh’d be, vntill / Great Byrnam Wood, to high Dunſmane Hill / Shall come againſt him.”

““There upon the hill, close by the wood, did I act the elf-maiden,” said Sophie.”

“We need more wood for the fire.”

“We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.”

“Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.”

“That girl at the strip club gave me wood.”

“[…] White has nothing but a lot of frozen wood on the board while Black operates on the Q-side.”

“He further stated that "I can't remember ever seeing a wood [white inmate] assault a nigger without being provoked".”

“Other than shout-outs to fellow "woods," I found no references on their record to racism, and after getting to know the members, I think Woodpile's message is the opposite of what the L.A. Times construed it to be — they want to bring hardcore white guys to rap music, rather than alienating anyone of any race.”

“The only thing is, even though there are ways to remain neutral, to just be a wood and not get caught up in the white supremacist gang stuff, you do have to take a side if things get bad.”

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