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wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
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plant material,
plant substance material derived from plants
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lumber,
timber the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
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beam long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
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chopping block a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split
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spindle a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
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bentwood wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture; "bentwood chairs"
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pine a coniferous tree
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larch any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves
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fir any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
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cedarwood,
cedar any cedar of the genus Cedrus
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spruce any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
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hemlock an evergreen tree
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cypress any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
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redwood the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees
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citronwood,
sandarac wood of a citron tree
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kauri white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
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yellowwood any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract
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yew any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
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lancewood source of most of the lancewood of commerce
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true tulipwood,
whitewood,
tulipwood,
white poplar,
yellow poplar light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
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zebrawood any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood
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cocoswood,
cocuswood,
granadilla wood wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets
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shittimwood wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle
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sabicu wood,
sabicu West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value
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bamboo woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
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tulipwood light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
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balsa wood,
balsa forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts
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silver quandong pale easily worked timber from the quandong tree
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obeche large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
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basswood,
linden soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
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beefwood tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood
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briarwood,
brier-wood,
brierwood wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes
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beechwood,
beech any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
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chestnut a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
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oak a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns"
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birch a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; "my father never spared the birch"
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alder north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
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hazel a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes
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olive a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
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ash any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
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ironwood exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
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walnut nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell
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hickory American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
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pecan smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
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pyinma relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous
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gumwood,
gum wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
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eucalyptus a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
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tupelo a town in northeast Mississippi
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poon any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood
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red lauan valuable Philippine timber tree
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elmwood,
elm any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
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brazilwood tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
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locust migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
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logwood spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye
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rosewood any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black
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kingwood Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
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granadilla wood dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets
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blackwood any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood
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panama redwood,
quira hard heavy red wood of a quira tree
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ruby wood,
red sandalwood hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork
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black locust large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions
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cherry a red fruit with a single hard stone
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fruitwood wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork
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lemonwood South African evergreen having hard tough wood
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incense wood fragrant wood of two incense trees of the genus Protium
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mahogany any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
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satinwood East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;
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orangewood fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork
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citronwood wood of a citron tree
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guaiac wood,
guaiacum wood heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes
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guaiac,
lignum vitae,
guaiacum small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America; a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin
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poplar any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
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sandalwood close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork
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turkish boxwood,
boxwood very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
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maple any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
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sumac a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)
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ebony tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
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lacewood,
sycamore thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore
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teakwood,
teak tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
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dogwood a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
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sapwood newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction
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duramen,
heartwood the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
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burl a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
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brushwood the wood from bushes or small branches; "they built a fire of brushwood"
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cabinet wood moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork; "teak and other heavy cabinet wood"
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driftwood wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore
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lignin a complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than carbohydrates; binds to cellulose fibers to harden and strengthen cell walls of plants
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log measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
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matchwood fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood"
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splinters,
matchwood fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood"
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sawdust fine particles of wood made by sawing wood
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wicker work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
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dyewood any wood from which dye is obtained
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hardwood the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
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softwood,
deal wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
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raw wood wood that is not finished or painted
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knot a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
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wood - a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard" |
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golf-club,
golf club,
club golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
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brassie (formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon
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number one wood,
driver a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
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metal wood golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head
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spoon a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
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Wood - United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942) |
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Wood - English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887) |
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Wood - English conductor (1869-1944) |
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Wood - United States film actress (1938-1981) |