noun
wood
WOOD/wʊd/
The hard, fibrous material making up tree trunks and branches.
The log and the board are both made of wood.
Etymology
Old English wudu covered both trees collectively and the substance they are made of. The building-and-fuel sense preserves that material meaning, alongside the related idea of a wood as a forest.
In context
Solomon has ordered the tree to be cut down and used to help in the building of the Temple of Jerusalem but the wood turns out to be unsuitable and is used to build a bridge
More examples
- She sands the wood before painting the shelf.
- Dry wood burns more easily than wet wood.
- Oak and maple are popular woods for furniture.
Forms
wood · woods
wooden adjective — Made of wood rather than other materials.