wood
wood / woŏd/ • n. 1. the hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub. ∎ such material when cut and used as timber or fuel: a large table made of dark, polished wood | best quality woods were used for joinery | [as adj.] a wood cross. ∎ a golf club with a wooden or other head that is relatively broad from face to back (often with a numeral indicating the degree to which the face is angled to loft the ball). ∎ a shot made with such a club. 2. (also woods) an area of land, smaller than a forest, that is covered with growing trees: a thick hedge divided the wood from the field a long walk in the woods.PHRASES: out of the wood (or woods) out of danger or difficulty.get wood vulgar slang have an erection.knock on wood said in order to prevent a confident statement from bringing bad luck: I haven't been banned yet, knock on wood. DERIVATIVES: wood·less adj.