wood
wood
- n the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
- n the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
- n United States film actress (1938-1981)
- n English conductor (1869-1944)
- n English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)
- n United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)
- n any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
- n a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head
metal woods are now standard
- There was a time in the mid-'70s when wood-stove bores were a serious environmental hazard at parties, the way bullfight bores had been three decades before, sports-car bores were .
- News that motor trucks can now be made to run on kindling wood instead of gasoline reached Joseph Stalin some time ago, fired the Dictator's keen brain.
- What had happened was a sudden, general substitution of wood alcohol for pure alcohol.