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Synonyms for wood

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  1. Wooden

    woodlike, made of wood, hard; see wooden 2.

  2. Associated with the woods

    in the woods, wooded, woody, wood-dwelling, sylvan, woodsy, wild, shady, copselike, grovelike, arboreal, bowery, wild-grown.

noun

  1. A forest; often plural

    grove, woodland, copse; see forest, timber 1.

  2. The portion of trees within the bark

    log, timber, lumber, sapwood, heartwood.

    Varieties of wood include: oak, chestnut, mahogany, teak, sugar maple, red maple, cherry, cedar, hornbeam, walnut, hickory, butternut, pecan, hemlock, spruce, bass wood, linden, beech, birch, poplar, tamarack, white pine, yellow pine, gumwood, elm, cocobolo, cypress, redwood, fir, Douglas fir, ash, red oak, live oak, white oak, willow, cottonwood, sandalwood, rosewood, lignum vitae, ebony, bamboo.

out of the woods*

out of danger, better, no longer in trouble; see safe 1, saved 1, 2.

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