Definition of WOOD

wood

Meanings

Plural: woods

Noun

  • the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
  • the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
  • United States film actress (1938-1981)
  • English conductor (1869-1944)
  • English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)
  • United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)
  • any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
  • a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head
    • "metal woods are now standard"
  • 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.
  • The wood from a particular species of tree.
  • A forested or wooded area.
  • Firewood.
  • A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
  • A woodwind instrument.
  • An erection of the penis.
  • Chess pieces.
  • A peckerwood.

Verb

  • To cover or plant with trees.
  • To hide behind trees.
  • To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
  • To take or get a supply of wood.

Adj

  • Mad, insane, crazed.

Origin / 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”).
Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish ved (“wood”), Swedish ved (“firewood”), Icelandic viður (“wood”). 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

Ellen Price Wood, forest, Grant Wood, Mrs. Henry Wood, Natalie Wood, Sir Henry Joseph Wood, Sir Henry Wood, timber, wood lot, woodland, woods, woodwind, woodwind instrument

Scrabble Score: 8

wood is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
wood is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wood is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

wood is a valid Words With Friends word