Wood

What “Wood” means

Noun

1. The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
2. The wood from a particular species of tree.
3. A forested or wooded area.
4. Firewood.
5. A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.

Verb

1. To cover or plant with trees.
2. To hide behind trees.
3. To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
4. To take or get a supply of wood.

Adj

1. Mad, insane, crazed.

Noun

1. A peckerwood.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Old English widu Old English wudu Middle English wode English wood From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”). The spelling developed as it did in wool. Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ved (“wood”), Elfdalian wið (“wood, timber”), Faroese and Icelandic viður (“wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk ved (“wood, firewood”), vid (“wide, broad”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Old

From Middle English wood, from Old English wōd (“mad, insane”). See the full etymology at wode.

Back-formation from peckerwood.

Business name ideas with “Wood”

Industries where “Wood” fits

We suggest this word for 16 business types and industries, including:

• Woodworking Business
• All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing
• Custom Architectural Woodwork and Millwork Manufacturing
• Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing
• Engineered Wood Member (except Truss) Manufacturing
• Household Furniture (except Wood and Metal) Manufacturing
• Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers
• Nonupholstered Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing
• Office Furniture (except Wood) Manufacturing
• Prefabricated Wood Building Manufacturing
• Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing
• Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing
• Wood Kitchen Cabinet and Countertop Manufacturing
• Wood Office Furniture Manufacturing
• Wood Preservation
• Wood Window and Door Manufacturing