Wood

  1. Proper noun.  An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.
  2. Proper noun.  An English occupational surname for a woodsman.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
  4. Noun.  (countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
  5. Noun.  (countable) A forested or wooded area, most often used in the plural.
  6. Noun.  Firewood.
  7. Noun.  (countable) (golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
  8. Noun.  (music) A woodwind instrument.
  9. Noun.  (slang) An erection.
  10. Noun.  (US, offensive) A peckerwood.
  11. Adjective.  Made of '''wood'''.
  12. Verb.  (transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
  13. Adjective.  (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.

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