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   wood

   /wʊd/

   noun

   • 1. the hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber: "a block of wood" Similar timberplanksplankinglumberfirewoodkindlinglogsfuel
   • ▪ wooden barrels used for storing alcoholic drinks: "wines from the wood"
   • ▪ a golf club with a wooden or other head that is relatively broad from face to back (often with a numeral indicating the degree to which the face is angled to loft the ball): "he hit the ball with a three-wood"
   • ▪ a shot made with a wood: "he's hitting a wood for his second shot"
   • ▪ another term for bowl
   • 2. an area of land, smaller than a forest, that is covered with growing trees: "a thick hedge divided the wood from the field" Similar forestwoodlandtreescopsethicketcoppicegrovebrakeplantationspinneyarchaic:holtgreenwoodrare:boscage

   Word Origin Old Englishwudu, from a Germanic word related to Welsh gwŷdd ‘trees’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. woodless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • W

     4

   • O

     1

   • O

     1

   • D

     2

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