American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. The secondary xylem of trees and shrubs, lying
beneath the bark and consisting largely of cellulose and lignin.
- n. This tissue, often cut and dried especially for use as
building material and fuel. - n. A dense growth of trees or
underbrush covering a relatively small or confined area. Often
used in the plural. - n. A forest. Often used in the plural. -
n. An object made of wood, especially: - n. Music A woodwind. -
n. Sports Any of a series of golf clubs used to hit long shots,
having a bulbous head made chiefly of wood, metal, or graphite,
and numbered one to five in order of increasing loft. - v. To
fuel with wood. - v. To cover with trees; forest. - v. To gather
or be supplied with wood. - adj. Made or consisting of wood;
wooden. - adj. Used or suitable for cutting, storing, or working
with wood. - adj. Living, growing, or present in forests: woods
animals; a woods path. - idiom. out of the woods Informal Free
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