"wood" meaning in English

See wood in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wʊd/ [UK, US, Australia] Audio: en-au-wood.ogg [Australia] Forms: wood [singular], woods [plural]
enPR: wo͝od [UK, US, Australia] Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Wood is what trees are made of. People use wood to build things like houses and furniture.
    Sense id: simple-wood-en-noun-f4Z51tVv
     
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wood",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woods",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Wood is what trees are made of. People use wood to build things like houses and furniture."
      ],
      "id": "simple-wood-en-noun-f4Z51tVv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "wo͝od",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US",
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wʊd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US",
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-wood.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "would"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wood"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wood",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woods",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wood is what trees are made of. People use wood to build things like houses and furniture."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "wo͝od",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US",
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wʊd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US",
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-wood.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "would"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wood"
}

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