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noun what trees are made of ADJ. hard | soft Pine is a soft wood. | dark The pub had dark wood panelling. | light, pale | green The wood was too green to burn. | dead, rotten, rotting She pruned the dead wood from the tree. | kindling There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall. | natural varnish that retains the natural wood look | seasoned | rough | painted, polished, stained, varnished | carved | solid | laminated | charred | balsa, beech, pine, etc. QUANT. block, piece, plank, strip VERB + WOOD chop, cut, saw | be made from/in/(out) of, carve/make sth from/in/out of The cabinet is made of cherry wood. We carve the moulds in wood. | paint, polish, stain, varnish She stained the wood green. | season Traditionally wood was seasoned in the open air. | burn | gather We gathered wood for the fire. WOOD + VERB splinter the sound of splintering wood | rot Over the years, much of the wood in the house had rotted. | burn Dry wood burns easily. WOOD + NOUN chip | carving | floor, panel, panelling | laminate, veneer | finish a wardrobe in a mahogany wood finish | fire PREP. in ~ The chapel has some interesting works in wood and marble. area covered with trees ADJ. deep, dense, thick | dark, shady | broad-leaved, deciduous | beech, birch, oak, etc. PREP. in the ~ a walk in the woods | through the ~ He wandered through the beech wood.
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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.
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