Definition: 1. The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. 2. An area of trees, smaller than a forest. 3. A heavy wooden ball used in the game of bowls.
Use 'wood' in a sentence:
1. Follow the path through the woods.
2. The field was bounded on the left by a wood.
3. I picked up a piece of wood and started carving.
4. The compression of the wood is easily achieved.
5. The woods are remnants of a huge forest which once covered the whole area.
6. It's real wood—not one of those plastic jobs.
7. All the furniture was made of wood.
8. Oiled wood is water-resistant and won't flake.
9. I've been driving for over 20 years and never had an accident ─ touch wood!
10. Dry wood makes a good blaze.
11. There's a lovely wood just behind our hotel.
12. Their dishes were made of wood.
13. You could see bare wood where the paint had flaked off.
14. They built a rough shelter from old pieces of wood.
15. Wax polish preserves wood and leather.
16. The path goes through a wood before rejoining the main road.
17. He jammed the door open with a piece of wood.
18. There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil.
19. The wood was cut into large sheets of veneer.
20. Some bowls were made of pottery and wood.
21. He looped the rope over the wood.
22. It sounded like two pieces of wood rubbing together.
23. I found wood carving satisfying.
24. Tiger Woods is still three shots off the pace.
25. If it's made of wood it will float.
26. The wood is held in position by a clamp.
27. Only wood from managed forests is used in our furniture.
28. The canoe is made from an impermeable wood.
29. Use wood of at least 12 mm thickness.
30. She carves in both stone and wood.
31. The wood must not get damp as rot can quickly result.
32. All wood tends to shrink.
33. The impact splintered the wood.
34. He whittled the piece of wood into a simple toy.
35. He whittled a simple toy from the piece of wood.
36. She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green.
37. The dark polished wood shone like glass.
38. Then plane the wood smooth.
39. It cannot be used to bond wood to metal.
40. A mosaic of fields, rivers and woods lay below us.
41. Visitors were set to work chopping wood.
42. The kids were scouting around for wood for the fire.
43. I stepped over a broken piece of wood.
44. You will need to overlap the pieces of wood slightly.
45. The track led us through a wood.
46. The woods were designated an area of outstanding natural beauty.
47. The lane follows the edge of a wood for about a mile.
48. The varnish comes in six natural wood shades.
49. We sawed the wood up into logs.
50. This tool is used for shaping wood.
51. The wood had been carved into the shape of a flower.
52. This pattern of woods and fields is typical of the English landscape.
53. It's real wood ─ not one of those plastic jobs.
