What is the difference between wood and metal?
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(uncountable) 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.
* (John Milton)
(countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
(countable) A forested or wooded area.
* (William Shakespeare), The Tragedy of (Macbeth)
Firewood.
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, title= (countable, golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
(music) A woodwind instrument.
(uncountable, slang) An erection.
(chess, uncountable, slang) Chess pieces.
* 1971 , Chess Life & Review (volume 26, page 309)
(rfv-sense) Made of or with wood .
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, chapter=Foreword To cover or plant with trees.
To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
To take or get a supply of wood.
(obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
A peckerwood.
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(lb) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.
#Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
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, title= #Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
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#*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.
#(lb) Any element other than hydrogen and helium,Majewski, S. R. (2003, 2006).
#Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
#(lb) The ore from which a metal is derived.
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#(lb) A mine from which ores are taken.
#*(Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
#*:slavesand persons condemned to metals
(lb) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
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(lb) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
(lb) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.
*1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :
*:LEONATO. Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.
*:BEATRICE. Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be over-mastered with a piece of valiant dust?
The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
The rails of a railway.
The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
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(music) Characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.
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Metal is a antonym of wood.
In lang=en terms the difference between wood and metal
is that wood is a woodwind instrument while metal is characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.In obsolete terms the difference between wood and metal
is that wood is mad, insane, crazed while metal is a mine from which ores are taken.As nouns the difference between wood and metal
is that wood is 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 while metal is Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.As adjectives the difference between wood and metal
is that wood is made of or with wood while metal is characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.As verbs the difference between wood and metal
is that wood is to cover or plant with trees while metal is to make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.As a proper noun Wood
is an English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.wood
English
(wikipedia wood)Etymology 1
From (etyl) wode, from (etyl) wudu, (Danish and Swedish ved) .Noun
- to worship their own work in wood and stone for gods
- Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until / Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill / Shall come against him.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
- White has nothing but a lot of frozen wood on the board while Black operates on the Q-side.
Usage notes
In the sense of "a forested area", the singular generally refers to a discrete area of forest, while the plural is often used when a more vaguely defined area is meant.Synonyms
* timberDerived terms
* bentwood * driftwood * greasewood * hardwood * heartwood * kingwood * knock on wood * ironwood * olivewood * out of the woods * purplewood * saw wood * softwood * whitewood * woodchopper * woodcock * wooded * wooden * woodpecker * woodyAdjective
(-)citation, passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.}}
Synonyms
* woodenVerb
(en verb)- to wood a steamboat or a locomotive
Etymology 2
(etyl), from (etyl) . See the full etymology at wode .Alternative forms
* wodeAdjective
(er)Derived terms
* wood-wroth * woodnessEtymology 3
Noun
(en noun)Pride vs. Power", The Phoenix New Times :
- Other than shout-outs to fellow "woods ," I found no references on their record to racism, and after getting to know the members, I think Woodpile's message is the opposite of what the L.A. Times construed it to be — they want to bring hardcore white guys to rap music, rather than alienating anyone of any race.
- The only thing is, even though there are ways to remain neutral, to just be a wood and not get caught up in the white supremacist gang stuff, you do have to take a side if things get bad.
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* English ethnic slurs ----metal
English
(wikipedia metal)Noun
Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal , began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE EFFECTS ON SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS]. ASTR 551 (Majewski) Lecture Notes.or sometimes other than hydrogen.Martin, J. C. (n.d.). [http://etacar.umn.edu/~martin/rrlyrae/metals.htm What we learn from a star's metal content
