English > wood: 8 senses > noun 1, substanceMeaning | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. |
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Narrower | Panama redwood, quira | Hard heavy red wood of a quira tree |
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alder | wood of any of various alder trees |
ash | Strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees |
balsa, balsa wood | Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats |
bamboo | The hard woody stems of bamboo plants |
basswood, linden | Soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees |
beech, beechwood | wood of any of various beech trees |
beefwood | Any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families ... / families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae |
bentwood | wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture |
birch | Hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees |
black locust | Strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree |
blackwood | Very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees |
boxwood, Turkish boxwood | Very hard tough / tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box) |
brazilwood | Heavy wood of various brazilwood trees |
briarwood, brierwood, brier-wood | wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea |
brushwood | The wood from bushes or small branches |
burl | The wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth |
cabinet wood | Moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork / cabinetwork |
cedar, cedarwood | durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar ... / cedar trees |
cherry | wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry |
chestnut | wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea |
citronwood | wood of a citron tree |
cocuswood, cocoswood, granadilla wood | wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets |
cypress | wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus |
dogwood | Hard tough / tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus |
driftwood | wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore |
dyewood | Any wood from which dye is obtained |
ebony | Hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree |
elm, elmwood | Hard tough / tough wood of an elm tree |
eucalyptus | wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber |
fir | nonresinous wood of a fir tree |
fruitwood | wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork / cabinetwork |
granadilla wood | dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets |
guaiac wood, guaiacum wood | heartwood of a palo santo |
gumwood, gum | wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum |
hardwood | The wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers) |
hazel | The fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris) |
heartwood, duramen | The older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant |
hemlock | Soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock |
hickory | Valuable tough / tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees |
incense wood | fragrant wood of two incense trees of the genus Protium |
ironwood | exceptionally tough / tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood ... / ironwood ... / ironwood trees |
kauri | white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis |
kingwood | handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree |
knot | A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged |
lancewood | durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree |
larch | wood of a larch tree |
lemonwood | Hard tough / tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree |
lignum vitae, guaiac, guaiacum | Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum |
locust | hardwood from any of various locust trees |
log | A segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches |
logwood | Very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree |
mahogany | wood of any of various mahogany trees |
maple | wood of any of various maple trees |
matchwood | wood suitable for making matchsticks |
matchwood, splinters | wood in small pieces or splinters |
oak | The hard durable wood of any oak |
obeche | The wood of an African obeche tree |
olive | Hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree |
orangewood | fine-grained wood of an orange tree |
pecan | wood of a pecan tree |
pine | straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus |
poon | wood of any poon tree |
poplar | Soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar |
pyinma | relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle |
raw wood | wood that is not finished or painted |
red lauan | Hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree |
redwood | The soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees |
rosewood | Hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain |
ruby wood, red sandalwood | Hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus) |
sabicu, sabicu wood | The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany |
sandalwood | close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood |
sandarac, citronwood | durable fragrant wood |
sapwood | newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant |
satinwood | Hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster |
sawdust | fine particles of wood made by sawing wood |
shittimwood | wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle |
silver quandong | pale easily worked timber from the quandong tree |
softwood, deal | wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) |
spruce | light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees |
sumac | wood of a sumac |
sycamore, lacewood | variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough / tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree |
teak, teakwood | Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees |
tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar, yellow poplar | light easily worked wood of a tulip tree |
tulipwood | The variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees |
tupelo | pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum |
walnut | Hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees |
wicker | Slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes) |
yellowwood | The yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees |
yew | wood of a yew |
zebrawood | handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree |
Broader | plant material, plant substance | material derived from plants |
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Substance of | beam | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction |
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chopping block | A steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split |
lumber, timber | The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material |
spindle | A piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe |
Substances | lignin | A complex polymer |
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Spanish | madera |
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Catalan | fusta |
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Adjectives | woody | made of or containing or resembling wood |
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