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Wood, Grant (1892-1942) a US artist known especially for the painting AMERICAN GOTHIC
Wood, Sir Henry (1869-1944) a British CONDUCTOR (=someone who directs a group of musicians) who started the PROMS, a series of concerts which take place in London every summer
Wood, Victoria (1953-) a British COMEDIAN and writer who works in the theatre and on television. She is known for her gentle but very clever sense of humour.
wood 'alcohol n [U]
METHYL ALCOHOL
wood-bine /'wʊdbaɪn/ n [U] 1 especially poet for HONEY-SUCKLE 2 AmE for VIRGINIA CREEPER
wood-block /'wʊdblɒk||-blɑːk/ n 1 also woodcut — a piece of wood with a shape cut on it for printing 2 a block of wood used in making the floor of a room, sometimes in a pattern
wood-carv-ing /'wʊdˌkɑːvɪŋ||-kɑːr-/ n 1 [U] the act of shaping wood with special tools especially as an art form 2 [C] a work of art produced by shaping wood with sharp tools
wood-chuck /'wʊdtʃʌk/ n GROUNDHOG
wood-cock /'wʊdkɒk||-kɑːk/ n pl. woodcock or woodcocks a brown woodland bird with a long thin beak, sometimes shot for food
wood-craft /'wʊdkrɑːft||-kræft/ n [U] the skill of living in or finding one's way through woods and forests
wood-cut /'wʊdkʌt/ n 1 a picture which has been made by pressing down the shaped surface of a piece of wood on DYE (= a colouring substance) and then onto paper 2 a WOOD-BLOCK
wood-cut-ter /'wʊdˌkʌtər/ n a man whose job is to cut down trees in a forest
wood-ed /'wʊdɪd/ adj having woods; covered with growing trees: a densely wooded hillside
wood-en /'wʊdn/ adj 1 made of wood: a wooden bed/spoon 2 awkwardly stiff; unbending: wooden movements | The actress gave a rather wooden (=not very lifelike) performance. ➔ compare CARDBOARD —ly adv —ness n [U]
Wooden, John (1910-) a US college BASKETBALL COACH (=someone who trains people and teams), thought to be one of the best ever. He is known especially for coaching the UCLA team and for winning more championships than any other coach.
wood-en-head-ed /ˌwʊdn'hedɪd/ adj stupid; slow in thought and understanding
wooden 'spoon n [the S] BrE infml an imaginary prize supposed to be given to the person or team that finishes last in a competition
wood-land /'wʊdlænd, -lənd/ also woodlands pl. — n [U] wooded country; an area of land covered with growing trees: large areas of woodland | birds of the woodland(s) | woodland birds
wood-louse /'wʊdlaʊs/ especially BrE || also pill bug AmE — n pl. -lice /laɪs/ a very small insect-like animal with 14 legs which lives under wood, stones etc
wood-peck-er /'wʊdˌpekər/ n a bird with a long beak, which can make holes in trees and pull out insects. Woodpeckers can be heard hitting the trees with their beaks again and again. ➔ see picture at BIRD
wood-pile /'wʊdpaɪl/ n a pile of firewood ➔ see also nigger in the woodpile (NIGGER)
'wood pulp n [U] broken bits of the soft parts of wood, used for making paper
Woods, Tiger /wʊdz/ (1975-) a US GOLFER who, in 1997,
American Gothic
became the youngest person ever to win the US Masters Tournament. He is considered to be one of the greatest ever golfers.
woods-man /'wʊdzmən/ n pl. -men /mən/ a man who works in a wood or forest, protecting and/or cutting down trees
Wood-stock /'wʊdstɒk||-stɑːk/ a music FESTIVAL, held over three days in 1969 near the town of Woodstock in New York State, where about 500,000 young people went to see ROCK, POP, and FOLK singers and bands, such as Janis JOPLIN, Jimi HENDRIX, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, and THE WHO. It is remembered especially for the HIPPIES who attended it, and is seen as a very typical example of the hippie CULTURE.
wood-sy, woodsie /'wʊdzi/ n AmE a party in a wooded area, usually arranged by and for young people, that takes place at night and may include camping
Wood-ward, Bob /'wʊdwɑːd||-wɜːrd/ (1943-) a US reporter known especially for discovering and writing about the Watergate SCANDAL in 1972 for the Washington Post with reporter Carl Bernstein. He and Bernstein won a Pulitzer prize for their work, and they later wrote a book about it, called All the President's Men. It was later made into a film. He has written 8 other books.
Woodward, Clive /klaɪv/ (1956-) a British RUGBY UNION player who was COACH (=person who trains a team) of the England team which won the Rugby World Cup in 2003 by defeating Australia in the FINAL (=last game in the competition). Before becoming England coach, he was a player for the team. His official title is Sir Clive Woodward.
woodwind instruments
clarinet oboe flute bassoon
wood-wind /'wʊdˌwɪnd/ n [the S+sing./pl. v] (the musicians who play) the set of tube-shaped wooden or metal instruments in an ORCHESTRA which are played by blowing, and most of which have a single or double REED: The flute and the oboe are woodwind instruments. ➔ compare BRASS
wood-work /'wʊdwɜːk||-wɜːrk/ n [U] 1 the skill of making wooden objects, especially furniture; CARPENTRY 2 object produced by this 3 infml the parts of a house that are made of wood: dry rot in the woodwork 4 infml the GOALPOSTS and CROSSBAR in football 5 crawl/come out of the woodwork used about people who suddenly arrive or appear in large numbers, when you have not seen them before or do not often see them: As soon as anyone mentions weddings, they all crawl out of the woodwork: aunts and cousins you haven't seen for years, bringing engagement presents.
wood-worm /'wʊdwɜːm||-wɜːrm/ n pl. -worm 1 [C] the small soft wormlike young larvae (LARVA) of certain BEETLES which make holes in wood; they can cause serious damage to buildings: Have you treated it for woodworm? 2 [U] the condition in which damage is done by these creatures
wood-y /'wʊdi/ adj 1 of or like wood: plants with woody stems 2 of or with woods; WOODED: a woody valley
woof1 /wʊf/ n, interj infml (a word used for describing) the sound (BARK) made by a dog
woof2 /wuːf||wʊf, wʊf/ n WEFT
woof-er /'wuːfər||'wu-/ n a LOUDSPEAKER that gives out deep sounds ➔ compare TWEETER
Wook-ey Hole /ˌwʊki 'həʊl/ a place in southwest England that is popular with tourists, with a CAVE where, according to an old story, a WITCH (=a woman with magic powers) used to live
wool /wʊl/ n [U] 1 the soft thick hair which sheep and some goats have on their bodies 2 thick thread or cloth made