Palavra Inglês do Dia

wood

madeira

Definições

inglês > português

wood

1. Substantivo. madeira

2. Substantivo. mato

inglês > inglês

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.

português > inglês

madeira

1. n-f. wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree)

2. n-f. wood (the wood of a particular species of tree)

3. n-f. a piece of timber

4. n-f. (music usually plural) woodwind instrument

5. interj. timber!; used by lumberjacks to warn others when a tree is falling down

6. n-m. a type of fortified wine produced in the island of Madeira

7. v. verb form of madeirar

Pronúncia

Exemplos

Aluminium and glass are important materials in civil construction, even though not as important as steel and wood, for instance.
    O alumínio e o vidro são materiais importantes na construção civil, embora não tão importantes quanto o aço e a madeira, por exemplo.
I need a piece of wood about three inches thick.
    Preciso de um pedaço de madeira com cerca de três polegadas de espessura.
This old house is made of wood.
    Essa velha casa é feita de madeira.
The wood was very dark, and she could not help trembling from fear.
    A mata estava muito escura e ela, forçosamente, tremia de medo.
The fire is going out; will you add some wood?
    O fogo está se apagando; você adiciona lenha?

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