<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.</li><li>the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other purposes; timber or lumber.</li><li>firewood (def).</li><li>the cask, barrel, or keg, as distinguished from the bottle: aged in the wood.</li><li>woodblock (def 1).</li><li>Music. a woodwind instrument.</li><li>the section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwinds.</li><li>Often woods. (used with a singular or plural verb) a large and thick collection of growing trees; a grove or forest: They picnicked in the woods.</li><li>Golf. a club with a wooden head, as a driver, brassie, spoon, or baffy for hitting long shots.</li><li>Compare iron (def 5).</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>made of wood; wooden.</li><li>used to store, work, or carry wood: a wood chisel.</li><li>dwelling or growing in woods: wood bird.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to cover or plant with trees.</li><li>to supply with wood; get supplies of wood for.</li><li>(used without object) to take in or get supplies of wood (often followed by up): to wood up before the approach of winter.</li></ul>