wʊd
wʊd
1 [uncountable, countable] the hard material that the trunk and branches of a tree are made of; this material when it is used to build or make things with, or as a fuelHe chopped some wood for the fire.a plank of woodAll the furniture was made of wood.a wood floorfurniture made of a variety of different woodsIn the spring, cut out the old wood and shorten the young stems (= of bushes, etc.). see also dead wood, hardwood, softwood, wooden, woody2 [countable] also woods [plural] an area of trees, smaller than a foresta large wooda walk in the woods see also wooded3 [countable] a heavy wooden ball used in the game of bowls4 [countable] a golf club with a large head, that was usually made of wood in the past compare ironIdioms
