"woods" meaning in English

See woods in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wʊdz/ Audio: en-us-woods.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʊdz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} woods
  1. plural of wood Tags: form-of, plural Form of: wood
    Sense id: en-woods-en-noun-0jebUc6O

Noun

IPA: /wʊdz/ Audio: en-us-woods.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʊdz Head templates: {{head|en|noun|g=p}} woods pl
  1. (usually with plural construction, sometimes with singular construction) A dense collection of trees, usually one covering a relatively small area; usually smaller than a forest. Tags: plural, sometimes, usually Categories (place): Forests
    Sense id: en-woods-en-noun-Mqs6k3vR Disambiguation of Forests: 3 20 42 35
  2. (military, attributive) For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests). Tags: attributive, plural Categories (topical): Military Categories (place): Forests
    Sense id: en-woods-en-noun-u98MUWyT Disambiguation of Forests: 3 20 42 35 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Great North Woods, Lake of the Woods, out of the woods, woodsman

Verb

IPA: /wʊdz/ Audio: en-us-woods.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʊdz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} woods
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wood Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: wood Categories (place): Forests
    Sense id: en-woods-en-verb-2VS~RZTQ Disambiguation of Forests: 3 20 42 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 5 41 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 7 37 54 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 23 7 26 44

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