Phrase Hound found 383 phrases and 863 compound words that contain wood. The most common are listed below. Open wood in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 383
- knock on woodTo take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.
- morning woodAn erection of the penis upon waking up, usually unrelated to erotic thoughts or dreams.
- wood appleBael (Aegle marmelos), a tree native to India.
- wood-burningAlternative form of woodburning: Designed to, or otherwise capable of, burning wood.
- Wood familyEmpty seats at a theater, circus, etc., corresponding to tickets that the venue failed to sell.
- Wood products
- Solid Wood
- wood mouseA European rodent, Apodemus sylvaticus, that tends to live in hedgerows.
- dead woodMatters or things that have become unnecessary or otherwise useless; bloat, dead weight.
- Wood-frame
- wood alcoholThe compound methyl alcohol or methanol.
- Wood flooring
- touch woodTo make contact with wood to avert bad luck, in accordance with a folk practice.
- wood earAn edible fungus in the genus Auricularia, shaped like an ear and growing on wood.
- Wood Wide WebMycorrhizal networks, that is networks of fungi that connect trees, collectively.
- wood pigeonAny of several related species of pigeon in the family Columbidae, particularly the genus Columba:
- wood chipsplural of wood chip: A small mechanically produced piece (chip) of wood, generally from 0.5 to 10 cm in diameter, used primarily as raw material for pulp, paper and construction boards, as well as fuel and mulch.
- wood spiritA dryad or other spiritual being associated with forests, woods, or trees.
- wood-stoveAlternative form of woodstove: A stove designed to burn wood.
- bring the woodTo play, especially to tackle, with great force.
- bringing the woodpresent participle and gerund of bring the wood
- brought the woodsimple past and past participle of bring the wood
- wood-wifeA type of female wood spirit.
- Wood floor
- Ireland WoodA suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2538).
Compound words 863
- HollywoodA neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the American motion picture industry.
- woodenMade of wood.
- woodlandOf a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.
- woodyCovered in woods; wooded.
- woodpeckerAny bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
- hardwoodThe wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
- oakwoodA wood populated with oak trees.
- greenwoodA forest in full leaf, as in summer.
- firewoodWood intended to be burned, typically for heat.
- redwoodA tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens.