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woods¹

  • /wʊdz/ Australia, US, UK
  • /wɵdz/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /wʉdz/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -ʊdz

noun

  1. plural plural of wood

noun

  1. plural, sometimes, usually, with plural construction, with singular construction 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.

    Similar: timber

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

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of wood

Woods²

  • /wʊdz/

proper noun Woodses

  1. countable, uncountable A topographic surname from Middle English, variant of Wood. Possibly patronymic.
  2. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Liberty County, Florida, United States.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable A community in Carling township, Ontario, Canada.
  6. countable, uncountable A locality near Owen, South Australia.

Woods³

  • /wʊdz/

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Wood

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: forest, timber, woodland, forestry, woody, bosque, bush, softwood, wooden, drink, tiger, woodworking, hood, lumber, backwoods, breton

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@misc{woods_2026,
  title = {woods},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/woods},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}