[wʊd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber
(e.g: a block of wood)

- an area of land, smaller than a forest, that is covered with growing trees
(e.g: a thick hedge divided the wood from the field)


Phrases:
- get wood
- have the wood on
- knock on wood
- out of the woods
- put the wood in the hole
- touch wood

Origin:
Old English wudu, from a Germanic word related to Welsh gwŷdd ‘trees’