Meaning and Origin
What does the name Wood mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Vietnam says the name Wood means "Tree Wood".
Etymology: OE. wod, AS. wōd; akin to OHG. wuot, Icel. ōðr, Goth. wōds, D. woede madness, G. wuth wut, also to AS. wōð song, Icel. ōðr, L. vates a seer, a poet. Cf. Wednesday
- A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural."Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood." [Shak.]
- The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber."To worship their own work in woodand stone for gods." [Milton.]
- [Bot] The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain.
- Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
Note: ☞ Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
Etymology: OE. wode wude, AS. wudu wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi�r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs
- A golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head ("metal woods are now standard")
- Any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
- The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
- United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)
- English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)
- English conductor (1869-1944)
- United States film actress (1938-1981)
- The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
- An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.
- An occupational surname for a woodsman.
Wood was also found in the following language(s): Cebuano