■ noun
1》 wood prepared for use in building and carpentry.
↘trees grown for such wood.
↘a wooden beam or board used in building and shipbuilding.
2》 US informal suitable quality or character: she is hailed as presidential ~.
■ exclamation used to warn that a tree is about to fall after being cut.
Derivatives
~ed adjective
~ing noun
Origin
OE in the sense 'a building', also 'building material', of Gmc origin.