wood

the hard fibrous substance consisting basically of xylem that makes up the greater part of the stems, branches, and roots of trees or shrubs beneath the bark and found to a limited extent in herbaceous plants

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable	wood

3 Phonemes	w u d

onset, rime	w ood

Morpheme	wood

Sentence Examples

Some baseball bats are made out of wood.

The wood on the deck has begun to rot.

Their house is near a small wood.

A thick woods runs along the boundary of the estate.

The house is surrounded by woods.

He went for a hike in the woods.

She hit a wood off the tee.

Common Phrases

Let's burn some wood in the fireplace.

Related Words

lumber	timber	woodland
copse	grove	thicket

Collocations

dead wood	wood pulp	Birnam Wood
Henry Wood	wood pigeon	Victoria Wood
Under Milk Wood	babes in the wood	balsa wood

Neighborhood

Rhymes

could	good	should
stood	would

Onset Friends

was	with	what
we	one	when
will	were	would

False Friends

~~food~~

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