English words containing woods:

Meanings of Babe-in-the-woods:

phrase

An innocent or naive person, especially one in a difficult or dangerous environment.

Usage examples:

She was no babe in the woods and knew exactly what she was doing

Meanings of Backwoods:

plural noun

Remote uncleared forest land.

Usage examples:

Backwoods homesteads

Meanings of Backwoodsman:

noun

An inhabitant of backwoods, especially one regarded as uncouth or backward.

Usage examples:

The men were dressed like typical backwoodsmen, in buckskins, hunting shirts, and moccasins

Meanings of Backwoodsmen:

noun

An inhabitant of backwoods, especially one regarded as uncouth or backward.

Usage examples:

The men were dressed like typical backwoodsmen, in buckskins, hunting shirts, and moccasins

Meanings of Basswoods:

noun

A north american lime tree with large leaves, commonly planted along streets in the us.

Usage examples:

Except for a few looming hemlocks, the forest is mostly hardwoods, and the light streams through th…

Meanings of Bearwoods:

noun

The cascara buckthorn, frangula purshiana.

Meanings of Beefwoods:

noun

A tropical hardwood tree with close-grained red timber.

Usage examples:

White beefwood grows in the drier more exposed areas and is often found in regrowth.

Meanings of Bentwoods:

noun

Wood that is artificially shaped for use in making furniture.

Usage examples:

Bentwood chairs

Meanings of Cordwoods:

noun

Wood that has been cut into uniform lengths, used especially as firewood or for building.

Usage examples:

The bodie railway, built in the early 1880s, was an isolated line that ran south from bodie over 30…

Meanings of Corkwoods:

noun

A shrub or tree which yields light porous timber.

Usage examples:

The real problems are the corkwoods and the ironwoods.

Meanings of Cottonwoods:

noun

A north american poplar with seeds covered in white cottony hairs.

Usage examples:

Select light and airy woods like white cedar, white pine, cottonwood, poplar, spruce or larch (tama…

Meanings of Dogwoods:

noun

A shrub or small tree of north temperate regions, which yields hard timber and is grown for its decorative foliage, red stems, or colourful berries.

Usage examples:

If you are growing your willows and dogwoods for their colourful winter stems, cut them hard back n…

Meanings of Dyewoods:

noun

A type of wood from which dye (= colour) for cloth, etc. can be obtained

Usage examples:

They filled the ship with fine-grained timber and dyewood., old fustic is a dyewood from india and …

Meanings of Firewoods:

noun

Wood that is burnt as fuel.

Usage examples:

Seconds later, i heard a dull clunk as he placed the firewood on the floor.

Meanings of Greenwoods:

noun

A wood or forest in leaf (regarded as the typical scene of medieval outlaw life).

Usage examples:

The old greenwood adventurers

Meanings of Hardwoods:

noun

The wood from a broadleaved tree (such as oak, ash, or beech) as distinguished from that of conifers.

Usage examples:

All hardwood should be treated with stain preservative

Meanings of Ironwoods:

noun

Any of a number of trees that produce very hard timber.

Usage examples:

Sugar maples commonly share the forest with ironwood, beech, basswood, white ash, black cherry, yel…

Meanings of Kingwoods:

noun

Fine-grained hardwood of south american origin, having a purplish colour with black or yellow streaks, and used mainly for veneers.

Meanings of Lacewoods:

noun

The timber of the plane tree.

Usage examples:

The distinguishing feature of lacewood is the prominent ray flecks.

Meanings of Latewoods:

noun

The portion of the annual growth of a tree which is formed later in the growing season and is typically denser and harder than the rest of the wood.

Meanings of Logwoods:

noun

A spiny caribbean tree of the pea family, the dark heartwood of which yields haematoxylin and other dyes.

Usage examples:

The early settlers were attracted by the logwood, from which was extracted dyes used by the lancash…

Meanings of Out of the woods:

phrase

Out of danger or difficulty.

Usage examples:

We are not out of the woods but we have been thrown a lifeline

idiom

Not having a problem or difficulty any longer

Usage examples:

It's too soon to say if either airline is out of the woods yet.

Meanings of Redwoods:

noun

Either of two giant conifers with thick fibrous bark, native to california and oregon. they are the tallest known trees and are among the largest living organisms.

Usage examples:

The nursery offers other conifers, including colorado blue spruce, deodar cedar, douglas fir, and c…

Meanings of Sandalwoods:

noun

A widely cultivated indian tree that yields fragrant timber and oil.

Usage examples:

Sitting in the centre of wanfuge, the largest pavilion, is a 26-metre statue of maitreya, buddha of…

Meanings of Satinwoods:

noun

Glossy yellowish timber from a tropical tree, valued for cabinetmaking.

Usage examples:

This is a federal-period game table by robert g. stevenson of mahogany, primavera, satinwood, ebony…