wood

wood
wood S2 W2 /wʊd/ noun
1. [uncountable and countable] the material that trees are made of ⇨ wooden, woody:
    Put some more wood on the fire.
    a polished wood floor
    Her house was made of wood. ⇨ hardwood, softwood
2. [countable] (also the woods) a small forest:
    a walk in the woods
3. touch wood British English, knock on wood American English said just after you have said that things are going well for you, when you want your good luck to continue
4. [countable] one of a set of four golf clubs with wooden heads
5. not be out of the wood(s) yet informal used to say that there are likely to be more difficulties before things improve
6. not see the wood for the trees to not notice what is important about something because you give too much of your attention to small details
⇨ dead wood
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ adjectives
   ▪ solid wood You can install a solid wood door.
   ▪ bare wood (=not painted or covered) The floors were of bare wood.
   ▪ a hard/soft wood Oak is a hard wood.
■ verbs
   ▪ chop wood He was chopping wood for the fire.
   ▪ cut/saw wood A local carpenter cut the wood to size.
   ▪ carve wood (=used a knife to shape it) The room was decorated with carved wood.
■ phrases
   ▪ a piece of wood He made a bench out of pieces of wood.
   ▪ a plank of wood (=a long thin flat piece) The shed was constructed from some old planks of wood.
   ▪ a block of wood I used a block of wood to knock the pole into the ground.
   ▪ the grain of the wood (=the natural lines in it) The oil enhances the natural grain of the wood.
■ wood + NOUN
   ▪ wood chips (=small rough pieces) Fish are smoked slowly over wood chips.
   ▪ wood shavings (=thin curly pieces) He cleared up the wood shavings.
   ▪ wood smoke There was a smell of wood smoke.

Wood

I

Wood, Elijah
(1981–) an American film and television actor, best known for playing the part of Frodo Baggins in the three Lord of the Rings films directed by Peter Jackson. His other films include Avalon, Forever Young, and Deep Impact.

II

Wood, Grant
(1892–1942) a US artist known especially for the painting American Gothic

III

Wood, Sir Henry
(1869–1944) a British conductor (=someone who directs a group of musicians) who started the Proms, a series of concerts which take place in London every summer

IV

Wood, Victoria
(1953–) a British comedian and writer who works in the theatre and on television. She is known for her gentle but very clever sense of humour.