a hard fibrous plant tissue that makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees or shrubs beneath the bark
wood suitable or prepared for some use, e.g. burning or building
something typically made of wood, e.g.:
(the wood) wooden casks
wine from the wood
a golf club with a wooden head
a wooden bowling ball
(also in pl) a dense growth of trees, usu smaller than a forest
not see the wood for the trees
to fail to have overall understanding of a subject, situation, etc as a result of concentration on details
out of the wood/woods
(usu in negative contexts ) escaped from danger or difficulty
We're not out of the woods yet
[Old English widu, wudu]