wood

CEFRA1

/wʊd/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    The hard material forming the trunks and branches of trees.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A forested or wooded area.

Examples

  • He chopped some wood for the fire.

  • I knew it was plastic but it tasted like wood.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The wood from a particular species of tree.

  2. 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.

  3. A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.

More examples

In context

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

  • There was lots of wood on the beach.

  • Dry wood burns quickly.

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Origin

noun

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”). The spelling developed as it did in wool. Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ved (“wood”), Elfdalian wið (“wood, timber”), Faroese and Icelandic viður (“wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk ved (“wood, firewood”), vid (“wide, broad”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”), from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated t...