Collocations for "wood"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wood" in context.
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wood
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [pine, oak, mahogany] wood
- the [sturdiest, most expensive, best] wood
- the [best] wood for [building, framing, making, protecting]
- the [best] wood for [cupboards, desks, tables]
- is [a rare, an endangered, a common] wood
- a [hard, soft] wood
- made [with, of, out of, from] wood
- [a shortage, an abundance, a lack] of wood
- put wood on the [fire, fireplace, barbecue, pile]
- [sell, deliver, cut, polish, log] wood
- treat wood for [construction, furniture, export]
- different [classes, sorts, types, kinds] of wood
- [walk, venture] into the woods
- [walk, hike] through the woods
- [hunt, pick mushrooms, get lost, play] in the woods
- a wood in the [city, valley, mountains]
- [he, the economy] is not out of the woods yet
- wood [flooring, floors, furniture, paneling]
- [natural, real] wood [flooring]
- wood [polish, veneer, wax, finish]
- wood [stove, fireplace, heating]
- real wood fire
- (play a) wood instrument
- a wood [table, sculpture]
- a [three]-wood [drive, shot]
'wood' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Polish
- angle
- bang
- beak
- beech
- behave
- birch
- biscuit
- bit
- blemish
- blind
- blond
- bonding
- bonfire
- bookcase
- bookshelf
- build
- burning
- carving
- casing
- cedar
- characteristic
- charcoal
- charm
- cherry
- chestnut
- chip
- chisel
- chop
- chopped
- chopper
- clamp
- cleaner
- column
- construct
- construction
- container
- core
- cot
- counter
- covering
- craft
- curl
- curly
- cutting
- damage
- decay
- dense
- distressed
- dried