wood
English Thesaurus
1. a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | club, golf club, golf-club, |
| definition | : | golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | brassie, |
| definition | : | (formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | driver, number one wood, |
| definition | : | a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | metal wood, |
| definition | : | golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | spoon, |
| definition | : | formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face (noun.artifact) |
2. any wind instrument other than the brass instruments (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | wind, wind instrument, |
| definition | : | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | flute, transverse flute, |
| definition | : | a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | finger hole, |
| definition | : | one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | thumbhole, |
| definition | : | the hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb (noun.artifact) |
3. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | botany, flora, vegetation, |
| definition | : | all the plant life in a particular region or period (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | bosk, |
| definition | : | a small wooded area (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | grove, |
| definition | : | a small growth of trees without underbrush (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | jungle, |
| definition | : | an impenetrable equatorial forest (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | old growth, virgin forest, |
| definition | : | forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | second growth, |
| definition | : | a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | underbrush, undergrowth, underwood, |
| definition | : | the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | tree, |
| definition | : | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant) |
4. United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | painter, |
| definition | : | an artist who paints (noun.person) |
5. English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | author, writer, |
| definition | : | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person) |
6. English conductor (1869-1944) (noun.person)
7. United States film actress (1938-1981) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | actress, |
| definition | : | a female actor (noun.person) |
8. the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance)
| hyponym | : | bentwood, |
| definition | : | wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pine, |
| definition | : | straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | larch, |
| definition | : | wood of a larch tree (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | fir, |
| definition | : | nonresinous wood of a fir tree (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cedar, cedarwood, |
| definition | : | durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | spruce, |
| definition | : | light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | hemlock, |
| definition | : | soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cypress, |
| definition | : | wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | redwood, |
| definition | : | the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | citronwood, sandarac, |
| definition | : | durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | kauri, |
| definition | : | white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | yellowwood, |
| definition | : | the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | yew, |
| definition | : | wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lancewood, |
| definition | : | durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | zebrawood, |
| definition | : | handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | shittimwood, |
| definition | : | wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sabicu, sabicu wood, |
| definition | : | the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bamboo, |
| definition | : | the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | tulipwood, |
| definition | : | the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | balsa, balsa wood, |
| definition | : | strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | silver quandong, |
| definition | : | pale easily worked timber from the quandong tree (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | obeche, |
| definition | : | the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | basswood, linden, |
| definition | : | soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | beefwood, |
| definition | : | any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | briarwood, brier-wood, brierwood, |
| definition | : | wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | beech, beechwood, |
| definition | : | wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | chestnut, |
| definition | : | wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | oak, |
| definition | : | the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | birch, |
| definition | : | hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | alder, |
| definition | : | wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | hazel, |
| definition | : | the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | olive, |
| definition | : | hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ash, |
| definition | : | strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ironwood, |
| definition | : | exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | walnut, |
| definition | : | hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | hickory, |
| definition | : | valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pecan, |
| definition | : | wood of a pecan tree (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pyinma, |
| definition | : | relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gum, gumwood, |
| definition | : | wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | eucalyptus, |
| definition | : | wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | tupelo, |
| definition | : | pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | poon, |
| definition | : | wood of any poon tree; used for masts and spars (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | red lauan, |
| definition | : | hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree; often sold as Philippine mahogany (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | elm, elmwood, |
| definition | : | hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | brazilwood, |
| definition | : | heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | locust, |
| definition | : | hardwood from any of various locust trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | logwood, |
| definition | : | very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | rosewood, |
| definition | : | hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | kingwood, |
| definition | : | handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | granadilla wood, |
| definition | : | dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | blackwood, |
| definition | : | very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | red sandalwood, ruby wood, |
| definition | : | hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | black locust, |
| definition | : | strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cherry, |
| definition | : | wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | fruitwood, |
| definition | : | wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lemonwood, |
| definition | : | hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | incense wood, |
| definition | : | fragrant wood of two incense trees of the genus Protium (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | mahogany, |
| definition | : | wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | satinwood, |
| definition | : | hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | orangewood, |
| definition | : | fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | citronwood, |
| definition | : | wood of a citron tree (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | guaiac wood, guaiacum wood, |
| definition | : | heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | guaiac, guaiacum, lignum vitae, |
| definition | : | hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | poplar, |
| definition | : | soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sandalwood, |
| definition | : | close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | boxwood, turkish boxwood, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | maple, |
| definition | : | wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sumac, |
| definition | : | wood of a sumac (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ebony, |
| definition | : | hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lacewood, sycamore, |
| definition | : | variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | teak, teakwood, |
| definition | : | hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dogwood, |
| definition | : | hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sapwood, |
| definition | : | newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | duramen, heartwood, |
| definition | : | the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | burl, |
| definition | : | the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | brushwood, |
| definition | : | the wood from bushes or small branches (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | cabinet wood, |
| definition | : | moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | driftwood, |
| definition | : | wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | log, |
| definition | : | a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | matchwood, |
| definition | : | wood suitable for making matchsticks (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | matchwood, splinters, |
| definition | : | wood in small pieces or splinters (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | sawdust, |
| definition | : | fine particles of wood made by sawing wood (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | wicker, |
| definition | : | slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | dyewood, |
| definition | : | any wood from which dye is obtained (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | hardwood, |
| definition | : | the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers) (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | deal, softwood, |
| definition | : | wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | raw wood, |
| definition | : | wood that is not finished or painted (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | knot, |
| definition | : | a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | lignin, |
| definition | : | a complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than carbohydrates; binds to cellulose fibers to harden and strengthen cell walls of plants (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | beam, |
| definition | : | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction (noun.artifact) |
| substance meronym | : | chopping block, |
| definition | : | a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split (noun.artifact) |
| substance meronym | : | spindle, |
| definition | : | a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc. (noun.artifact) |
| substance meronym | : | lumber, timber, |
| definition | : | the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material (noun.substance) |
9. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area (noun.group)
| derivation | : | afforest, forest, |
| definition | : | establish a forest on previously unforested land (verb.contact) |
10. the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | woody, |
| definition | : | made of or containing or resembling wood (adj.all) |
11. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area (noun.group)
| derivation | : | afforest, forest, |
| definition | : | establish a forest on previously unforested land (verb.contact) |
12. the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | woody, |
| definition | : | made of or containing or resembling wood (adj.all) |
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