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- [woo d]
- /wʊd/
- /wʊd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [woo d]
- /wʊd/
Definitions of wood word
- noun wood Grant, 1892–1942, U.S. painter. 1
- noun wood Leonard, 1860–1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. 1
- adjective wood wild, as with rage or excitement. 1
- adjective wood mad; insane. 1
- verb with object wood to cover or plant with trees. 1
- verb with object wood to supply with wood; get supplies of wood for. 1
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Origin of wood
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English wudu, earlier widu; cognate with Old Norse vithr, Old High German witu, Old Irish fid
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Parts of speech for Wood
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wood popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
wood usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wood
noun wood
adjective wood
- ebony — a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- wooden — consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.
- raven — a lyric poem (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe.
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