What is the difference between wooden and wood?
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Made of wood.
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, title= (label) As if made of wood, moving awkwardly, unmoving.
(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.
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(countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
(countable) A forested or wooded area.
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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.
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(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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Wood is a derived term of wooden.
Wood is a synonym of wooden.
As adjectives the difference between wooden and wood
is that wooden is made of wood while wood is made of or with wood.As a noun 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.As a verb wood is
to cover or plant with trees.As a proper noun Wood is
an English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.wooden
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
Anagrams
* English adjectives ending in -enwood
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.