noun
1 what trees are made of
ADJECTIVE
▪ hard
▪ soft
▪
Pine is a soft ~.
▪ dark
▪
The house had dark ~ floors.
▪ light , pale
▪ green
▪
The ~ was too green to burn.
▪ dead , rotten , rotting
▪
She pruned the dead ~ from the tree.
▪ natural
▪
varnish that retains the natural ~ look
▪ seasoned
▪ rough , smooth
▪ painted , polished , stained , varnished
▪ carved
▪ solid
▪ laminated
▪ charred
▪ balsa , beech , cherry , pine , etc.
… OF WOOD
▪ bit , block , piece , plank , strip
▪
I made a coffee table out of a few bits of ~.
▪ pile
VERB + WOOD
▪ carve , chop , cut , saw
▪ be made from/in/of/out of , carve sth from/in
▪
The cabinet is made of cherry ~.
▪ paint , stain
▪
She stained the ~ green.
▪ burn
▪ gather
▪
We gathered ~ for the fire.
WOOD + VERB
▪ splinter
▪
the sound of splintering ~
▪ rot
▪
Over the years, much of the ~ in the house had rotted.
▪ burn
▪
Dry ~ burns easily.
WOOD + NOUN
▪ chip , shavings
▪ pulp
▪
paper made from ~ pulp
▪ grain
▪
The direction of the ~ grain influences the composition of the carving.
▪ carving
▪ engraving
▪ block (usually woodblock )
▪
Japanese woodblock prints
▪ frame
▪ floor , panel , panelling/paneling , plank ( esp. AmE )
▪ veneer
▪ finish , trim
▪
a wardrobe in a mahogany ~ finish
▪ fire
▪ stove ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
The chapel has some interesting works in ~ and marble.
PHRASES
▪ the grain of the ~
▪
When using a plane, be sure to follow the grain of the ~.
2 ( BrE ) small forest
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , dense , thick
▪ dark
▪ coniferous , deciduous
▪ ancient
▪
the largest ancient ~ in Scotland
▪ beech , birch , oak , etc.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~ , into a/the ~
▪
a clearing in the ~
▪ through a/the ~
3 the woods area covered with trees
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , dense , thick
▪ dark
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~ , into the ~
▪
a walk in the ~s
▪
We came to a clearing in the ~s.
▪ through the ~
▪
She wandered through the ~s.
PHRASES
▪ deep in the ~s
▪
a cabin deep in the ~s of Maine
▪ the edge of the ~s , the middle of the ~s