{
    "term": "wood",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/tr/tree.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the hard material that the trunk and branches of a tree are made of; this material when it is used to build or make things with, or as a fuel",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He chopped some wood for the fire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **piece of wood**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a plank /block of wood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the furniture was **made of wood**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The house had dark wood floors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "furniture made of a variety of different woods"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the spring, cut out the old wood and shorten the young stems *(= of bushes, etc.)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I made a coffee table out of a few bits of wood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Over the years, much of the wood in the house had rotted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pine is a soft wood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She pruned the dead wood from the tree."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stained the wood green."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cabinet is made of cherry wood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chapel has some interesting works in wood and marble."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The direction of the wood grain influences the composition of the carving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pub had dark wood panelling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wood was too green to burn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Traditionally wood was seasoned in the open air."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We carve the moulds in wood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We gathered wood for the fire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When using a plane, be sure to follow the grain of the wood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wardrobe in a mahogany wood finish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the sound of splintering wood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "varnish that retains the natural wood look"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hard", "soft", "dark"],
                "… of wood": ["bit", "block", "piece"],
                "verb + wood": ["carve", "chop", "cut"],
                "wood + verb": ["splinter", "rot", "burn"],
                "wood + noun": ["chip", "shavings", "pulp"],
                "preposition": ["in wood"],
                "phrases": ["the grain of the wood"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an area of trees, smaller than a forest",
            "sensetop": "in the woods in a wood",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a large wood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a walk in the woods",
                    "contextForm": "in the woods"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a clearing in the wood",
                    "contextForm": "in a wood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We descended through an oak wood to the village below."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the largest ancient wood in Scotland"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cabin deep in the woods of Maine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We came to a clearing in the woods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wandered through the woods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wandered through the beech wood."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "dense", "thick"],
                "preposition": ["in the wood", "into the wood", "through the wood"],
                "phrases": [
                    "deep in the woods",
                    "the edge of the woods",
                    "the middle of the woods"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a heavy wooden ball used in the game of bowls",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a golf club with a large head, that was usually made of wood in the past",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a particular place or area",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's from your neck of the woods *(= the area where you live)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What are you doing in this neck of the woods?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not yet free from difficulties or problems",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We’re not out of the woods yet, you know."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to not see or understand the main point about something, because you are paying too much attention to small details",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when talking about your previous good luck or your hopes for the future, to avoid bringing bad luck",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've been driving for over 20 years and never had an accident—touch wood!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wʊd/",
                "audio": "wo/wood/wood__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wʊd/",
                "audio": "wo/wood/wood__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wudu, from a Germanic word related to Welsh gwŷdd ‘trees’."
}