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woods

noun
/wʊdz/

Definitions

  1. plural of wood

  2. A dense collection of trees, usually one covering a relatively small area

    A dense collection of trees, usually one covering a relatively small area; usually smaller than a forest.

    • These woods are part of the Campbell property.
    • This woods is part of the Campbell property. (uncommon)
    • The woods are lovely, dark and deep

  3. For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous…

    For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests).

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wood

    2. A topographic surname from Middle English, variant of Wood. Possibly patronymic.

    3. A number of places

      A number of places:

The neighborhood

Derived

Big Woods, Great North Woods, Lake of the Woods, master of the woods, out of the woods, woodsman

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at woods. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01woods02wood03branches04branch05woody

A definitional loop anchored at woods. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at woods

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA