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[1] Eldrick [el -drik] /ˈɛl drɪk/ , Tiger , born 1975, U.S. professional golfer.
[2] Lake of the. Lake of the Woods.
[3] the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
[4] the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other purposes; timber or lumber.
[5] firewood.
[6] the cask, barrel, or keg, as distinguished from the bottle: aged in the wood.
[7] woodblock(def 1) .
[8] Music . a woodwind instrument. the section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwinds.
[9] Often woods. (used with a singular or plural verb ) a large and thick collection of growing trees; a grove or forest: They picnicked in the woods.
[10] Golf . a club with a wooden head, as a driver, brassie, spoon, or baffy for hitting long shots. Compare iron(def 5) .
[11] made of wood; wooden.
[12] used to store, work, or carry wood: a wood chisel.
[13] dwelling or growing in woods: wood bird.
[14] to cover or plant with trees.
[15] to supply with wood; get supplies of wood for.
[16] to take in or get supplies of wood (often followed by up ): to wood up before the approach of winter.
[17] closely packed trees forming a forest or wood, esp a specific one
[18] another word for backwoods (def. 2)
[19] the woodwind instruments in an orchestra See also wood 1 (def. 8)
[20] neck of the woods informal an area or locality a quiet neck of the woods
[21] Lake of the Woods See Lake of the Woods
[22] Tiger, real name Eldrick Woods . born 1975, US golfer: youngest US Masters champion and first Black golfer to win a major championship; winner of the US Masters (1997, 2001–02, 2005), US Open (2000, 2002, 2008), British Open Championship (2000, 2005–06), and the PGA Championship (1999, 2000, 2006-07); in 2001 he became the only player to hold all four major titles at once
[23] Mrs Henry , married name of Ellen Price . 1814–87, British novelist, noted esp for the melodramatic novel East Lynne (1861)
[24] Sir Henry (Joseph ). 1869–1944, English conductor, who founded the Promenade Concerts in London
[25] John, known as the Elder . 1707–54, British architect and town planner, working mainly in Bath, where he designed the North and South Parades (1728) and the Circus (1754)
[26] his son, John , known as the Younger . 1727–82, British architect: designed the Royal Crescent (1767–71) and the Assembly Rooms (1769–71), Bath
[27] Ralph. 1715–72, British potter, working in Staffordshire, who made the first toby jug (1762)
[28] the hard fibrous substance consisting of xylem tissue that occurs beneath the bark in trees, shrubs, and similar plants Related adjectives: ligneous, xyloid
[29] the trunks of trees that have been cut and prepared for use as a building material
[30] a collection of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, etc, usually dominated by one or a few species of tree: usually smaller than a forest an oak wood Related adjective: sylvan
[31] fuel; firewood
[32] golf a long-shafted club with a broad wooden or metal head, used for driving: numbered from 1 to 7 according to size, angle of face, etc (as modifier ) a wood shot
[33] tennis squash badminton the frame of a racket he hit a winning shot off the wood
[34] one of the biased wooden bowls used in the game of bowls
[35] music short for woodwind See also woods (def. 3)
[36] casks, barrels, etc, made of wood from the wood (of a beverage) from a wooden container rather than a metal or glass one
[37] have the wood on or have got the wood on Australian and NZ informal to have an advantage over
[38] out of the wood or out of the woods clear of or safe from dangers or doubts we're not out of the wood yet
[39] see the wood for the trees (used with a negative) to obtain a general view of a situation, problem, etc, without allowing details to cloud one's analysis he can't see the wood for the trees
[40] (modifier) made of, used for, employing, or handling wood a wood fire
[41] (modifier) dwelling in, concerning, or situated in a wood a wood nymph
[42] (tr) to plant a wood upon
[43] to supply or be supplied with fuel or firewood
[44] obsolete raging or raving like a maniac

Words related to Woods

coppice, woodland, thicket, copse, silva, bosk, boscage

Origin of Woods

1before 900; Middle English; Old English wudu, earlier widu; cognate with Old Norse vithr, Old High German witu, Old Irish fid

Other words from Woods

wood·less , adjective
woody adjective

Word origin for Woods

Old English wōd; related to Old High German wuot (German Wut ), Old Norse ōthr, Gothic wōths, Latin vātēs seer

Synonyms for Woods

bosk, coppice, copse, silva, thicket, woodland, boscage