Engels Woord van de dag

wood

hout

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wood

1. hout

Engels > Engels

wood

1. n. 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.

This table is made of wood.

There was lots of wood on the beach.

2. n. The wood of a particular species of tree.

Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.

3. n. A forested or wooded area.

He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.

4. n. Firewood.

We need more wood for the fire.

5. n. (golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.

6. n. (music) A woodwind instrument.

7. n. (slang) An erection of the penis.

That girl at the strip club gave me wood.

8. n. (chess, slang) Chess pieces.

9. v. To cover or plant with trees.

10. v. (reflexive, intransitive) To hide behind trees.

11. v. To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.

to wood a steamboat or a locomotive

12. v. (intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.

13. adj. (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.

14. n. (US, sometimes offensive chiefly prison slang) A peckerwood.

Nederlands > Engels

hout

1. n-n. wood

Dit gebouw is van hout. - This building is made of wood.

2. n-n. particular kind of wood

Teak is een gewaardeerd hout. - Teak is a valued wood.

3. n-n. piece of wood, stick

4. v. imperative of houten

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Voorbeeldzinnen

There's a lot of wood in here.
I love the smell of fresh mortar, fresh wood, don't you?
A hacksaw isn't for wood.
He watched the woodpeckers and drank water with them and they told him the secrets of wood working.
Windows are broken, the wood is rotten and the brick is scorched in places.

Vorige woorden herzien

speaker	driveway	forty	bus stop
outside	pine	soft	swallow
pillow	eighty-nine	hallway	wood
yesterday	pole	stapler	jacket

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