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wood

/wʊd/

wood processing

Translations

woodnoun

woods

/wʊd/

boisMatière.

The carpenter selected a piece of wood to craft the table.

Le menuisier a choisi un morceau de bois pour fabriquer la table.

boisPetit massif d’arbres.

They went for a walk in the wood to enjoy the autumn colors.

Ils sont allés se promener dans le bois pour profiter des couleurs de l’automne.

Additional translations

boisDans le vocabulaire du golf.

Synonyms

woodverb

wooded

Past Simple

wooded

Past Participle

wooding

Gerund

Rare/archaic verb meaning ‘to supply with wood’ or ‘to plant with trees’.

alimenter en boisPour un four, un foyer ou une installation de chauffe.

The villagers wooded the kiln before nightfall.

Les villageois ont alimenté le four en bois avant la tombée de la nuit.

boiserFormer ou couvrir de bois ou d’arbres.

Volunteers plan to wood the barren hillside next spring.

Des bénévoles prévoient de boiser la colline nue au printemps prochain.

Synonyms

furnish (with wood)

supply (with wood)

woodadjective

/wʊd/

Used attributively to mean ‘made of or relating to wood’; also archaic sense ‘mad, furious’.

en boisPour un objet fabriqué avec du bois.

They installed a wood fence around the garden.

Ils ont installé une clôture en bois autour du jardin.

Additional translations

fouVieilli.

Synonyms

Definitions

woodnoun

The hard, fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber.

The carpenter selected a piece of wood to craft the table.

A golf club with a large, rounded head, typically made of wood or metal, used for long-distance shots.

He used a wood to drive the ball down the fairway.

An area of land, smaller than a forest, that is covered with growing trees.

They went for a walk in the wood to enjoy the autumn colors.

woodverb

To supply or fuel with wood.

The villagers wooded the kiln before nightfall.

To plant or cover (an area) with trees; to afforest.

Volunteers plan to wood the barren hillside next spring.

woodadjective

Made of or relating to wood.

They installed a wood fence around the garden.

(Archaic) Mad; insane; furious.

In his anger he seemed quite wood.