Word Finder - wood

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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.

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There was lots of wood on the beach.

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The wood of a particular species of tree.

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

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A forested or wooded area.

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He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.

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Firewood.

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We need more wood for the fire.

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

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A woodwind instrument.

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An erection of the penis.

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That girl at the strip club gave me wood.

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Chess pieces.

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To cover or plant with trees.

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To hide behind trees.

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To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.

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to wood a steamboat or a locomotive

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To take or get a supply of wood.

We've got plenty of wood, though, from the forest.

It was still warm and smelled of wood smoke.

The table and chairs were made of a dark rich wood, and the tiles on the floor looked like polished bricks.

Coatings that keep wood buildings from burning.

As she descended the long stairway again, her palm caressed the smooth dark wood of the banisters.

Taking a few steps back she gripped the ax half way down on the handle and slammed it down against the block of wood with a dull whack.

You couldn't add wood to the fire?

Concrete walls surrounded us and the door, the only opening was a massive solid wood hulk.

The wood was split and stacked beside the house, waiting for winter.

The French had attacked the men collecting wood in the copse.

In the wood, wagons and horses were standing.

The interior was marble and polished wood, dating back to a time when first generation craftsmen took pride in their workmanship.

Wood was stacked beside it, and she turned the book sitting on the coffee table into newspaper to burn.

Rusty hinges were still visible in the wood but no door barred the entrance nor could anything be seen beyond but utter blackness.

All he knew now was his bare feet were cold, standing on the hard wood floor at the perimeter of the carpet in the death room.

She dropped the wood and screamed before she realized it was only a young cat.

He glared at the ocean and strode up the beach littered with wood, boats, and cars, to the highway.

She sat in the living room as masculine as he, surrounded by wood, wool, and leather in dark colors.

Beside the tank was a pile of split wood about three feet high and six feet long.

He turned to pick up the scattered pieces of wood and caught her watching him.

I lifted the heavy wood beam that crossed their door, securing it.

The room was warm and cozy, its walls done up in dark lacquered wood, the warm glow of chandeliers non- imposing.

She started to saw at them with the knife.  The wood was thick and wet.  She shifted closer, gasping when the root healed the cuts she'd just made.  Furious at the latest trick from the Immortal underworld, Katie sawed furiously at the root, until her arm ached.  She'd barely made a dent when she switched arms.

Carmen looked at Alex, who suddenly found the wood grain on the table interesting.

This time the ax sank about four inches into the wood - in another spot.

The wood appeared to be cherry, and although it could use a coat of wax, it still had a deep luster.

The dairy was warm, a fire burning brightly in the home made wood stove.

It was old and heavy, its covers made of wood smoothed by years of wear.

The only difference was the electricity powering lights in the heavy iron and wood chandeliers overhead and the intercom system installed into the walls beside each entrance.

They glided past snow-covered fields and occasional farmhouses, drifting smoke from their chimneys skyward and adding a hint of wood smoke to the crisp winter air.

Carmen grabbed a chunk of wood from the box and jerked the stove door open.

Somehow, he'd moved back to the wood line.

The wood is of a yellowish tint.

Most of these are perforated for mounting on threads or wires, and had been, no doubt, originally connected together to form one or more of the elaborate girdles, necklaces and breast ornaments then worn by the women.3 On the bottom of the stone box there was similar dust, pieces of bone and jewelry, and also remains of what had been vessels of wood.

The wood is fine grained and satiny.

During the cannonade Prince Poniatowski is to advance through the wood on the village and turn the enemy's position.

He took the wood from her arms and dropped it into the wood box.

The door exploded open in flames, wood, and black fur.

Her knee hit the solid chunk of wood with a nauseating thump.

The air was tinged with the scent of burning wood and melted metals, sulfur, and the facility's damp mustiness.

Drawing water from a well and cooking on a wood stove would be inconvenient, but how complicated could it be?

Fine. You chop the wood and I'll make us some iced tea.

She tugged at one of the chunks of wood until she had it sitting straight on the stump, as he had done.

The wood of the tree is hard and durable.

They live and feed in the wood of trees.

Wood is the material most widely used, but steel is employed in some countries where timber is scarce or liable to destruction by white ants, though it is still regarded as too expensive in comparison with wood for general adoption.

The keys which hold the rail in the chairs are usually of oak and are placed outside the rails; the inside position has also been employed, but has the disadvantage of detracting from the elasticity of the road since the weight of a passing train presses the rails up against a rigid mass of metal instead of against a slightly yielding block of wood.

The majority of the wagons referred to above are comparatively short, are carried on four wheels, and are often made of wood.

In 1255 and 1264 it was rebuilt, still in wood.

Pre-Cape Rocks principally the yellow wood (Podocarpus)., sneezewood (Pteroxylon utile), stinkwood (Oreodaphne bullata), black ironwood (Olea laurifolia), white ironwood (Vepris lanceolata), and umtomboti (Exoecaria africana); all are very useful woods, and the yellow wood, sneezewood, stinkwood and ironwood when polished have grain and colour equal to maple, walnut and ebony.