Wood - English meaning

noun

A mass of trees or shrubs.

Usage examples:

The view from the house is obscured by boscage

noun

A device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels.

Usage examples:

He slammed on his brakes

verb

Another term for brake van.

noun

An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.

Usage examples:

The cost of travelling by alternative means such as coach or brake was prohibitive over a season, s…

noun

An area of woodland in which the trees or shrubs are periodically cut back to ground level to stimulate growth and provide firewood or timber.

Usage examples:

Coppices of oak were cultivated

verb

Cut back (a tree or shrub) to ground level periodically to stimulate growth.

Usage examples:

The company began to coppice the woodland for conservation purposes

noun

An area of closely planted trees in which the trees are cut back regularly to provide wood

Usage examples:

A hazel/willow coppice

noun

A small group of trees.

Usage examples:

As one approaches the copse of trees at the entrance to tobernalt, one usually stands still by a la…

noun

A small group of trees

noun

Wood that is burnt as fuel.

Usage examples:

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

noun

Wood used as fuel for a fire

noun

A large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.

Usage examples:

A pine forest

noun

Material such as coal, gas, or oil that is burned to produce heat or power.

Usage examples:

One aircraft ran out of fuel and had to ditch

verb

Supply or power (an industrial plant, vehicle, or machine) with fuel.

Usage examples:

Power stations fuelled by low-grade coal

noun

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

Usage examples:

The old greenwood adventurers

noun

A small wood or other group of trees.

Usage examples:

An olive grove

noun

A group of trees growing close together

noun

The den of an otter.

Usage examples:

They have built a false otter holt, or den, by the river - its exact location is a carefully kept s…

noun

A wood or wooded hill.

Usage examples:

Miller also refers to a change in this landscape, presumably after enclosure: ‘the crofts and garth…

noun

The den (= home) of an otter (= a small mammal that lives near water and swims well)

noun

Small sticks or twigs used for lighting fires.

Usage examples:

In the forest there is no shortage of kindling, sticks, short logs or anything else needed to kindl…

verb

Set (something) on fire.

verb

(of a hare or rabbit) give birth.

Usage examples:

A day or two before she kindles, the mother will pull out some of her fur to make a soft lining

noun

A part of the trunk or a large branch of a tree that has fallen or been cut off.

Usage examples:

She tripped over a fallen log

verb

Enter (an incident or fact) in the log of a ship or aircraft or in another systematic record.

Usage examples:

The incident has to be logged

noun

Short for logarithm.

Usage examples:

Log values

verb

Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

A truck lumbered past

noun

Articles of furniture or other household items that are no longer useful and inconveniently take up storage space.

Usage examples:

A lumber room

verb

Burden (someone) with something unwanted.

Usage examples:

The banks do not want to be lumbered with a building that they cannot sell

noun

Planks collectively, especially when used for flooring or as part of a boat.

Usage examples:

The waves had pulled her deck planking apart

verb

Make, provide, or cover with planks.

Usage examples:

The ship was planked with teak

noun

An area of planks used to form a surface

Usage examples:

Rotten planking

noun

A long, thin, flat piece of timber, used especially in building and flooring.

Usage examples:

As you lay the planks, use a hammer or mallet and a scrap piece of flooring to force the planks tig…

verb

Make, provide, or cover with planks.

Usage examples:

The ship was planked with teak

noun

A long, flat piece of wood or other material, esp. one wide enough and strong enough to walk on

Usage examples:

They walked across the creaky, wooden-plank floor of the old house., he prepared the peace plank in…

noun

An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown.

Usage examples:

Sugar and tobacco plantations were established in the 17th century, worked by imported african slav…

noun

A large farm, esp. in a hot part of the world, on which a particular crop is grown

Usage examples:

A coffee/rubber plantation

noun

A small area of trees and bushes.

Usage examples:

And think of the features that make our landscape so gorgeously english: the hedgerows, drystone wa…

noun

A small wood

noun

A dense group of bushes or trees.

Usage examples:

A horned owl perfectly camouflaged in a dense thicket

noun

An area of trees and bushes growing closely together

noun

Wood prepared for use in building and carpentry.

Usage examples:

The exploitation of forests for timber

noun

Wood from trees that is used for building, or trees grown for this use

Usage examples:

[ u ] the houses were constructed of timber and whitewashed clay.

noun

Wood that has been specially produced for use in the building industry

Usage examples:

Houses at the eco-friendly retirement complex are made from sustainable timber and stone that has b…

noun

A woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground.

Usage examples:

We came to a small clearing in the trees

verb

Force (a hunted animal) to take refuge in a tree.

Usage examples:

Their dogs crossed over on to private property and treed a raccoon

noun

A tree with divided leaves, spreading branches, and round fruit

noun

Land covered with trees.

Usage examples:

Large areas of ancient woodland

noun

An area of land on which many trees grow

noun

An area of land covered in trees

Usage examples:

Profits derived from commercial woodland are free from income and corporation tax., woodland manage…