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The Russian word for wood is
дерево

derevo



wood

Russian Definition


wood
     1. дерево
     2. лес



Translations for wood and their definitions

дерево
     1. n. , дере́вья (derévʹja) , (obsolete) дерева́
           Note: the irregular soft ending of this plural was originally used to form feminine collective nouns.
     2. n. tree
           каучу́ковое де́рево (kaučúkovoje) — rubber tree
           каме́дное де́рево (kamédnoje) — gum tree, sweet gum
           ли́ственное де́рево (lístvennoje) — foliage tree
           хво́йное де́рево (khvójnoje) — conifer
     3. n. wood (only singular)
           де́рево-ка́мень (kámen’) — petrified wood
           кра́сное де́рево (krásnoje) — mahogany
           чёрное де́рево (čórnoje) — ebony
           резьба́ по де́реву (rez’bá po dérevu) — woodcutting, wood engraving


древесина
     1. n. wood, wood material, wood substance
     2. n. lignin
     3. n. wood pulp, wood cellulose


лес
     1. n. forest, woods
           леса́ (lesá) — woodland, forests
           девственный лес (dévstvennyj) — virgin forest, primeval forest
           заповедный лес means:
           : заповедник - protection forest
           : тайный лес, священный лес, божий лес — sacred forest, a forest that nobody may enter
           корабельный лес (korabélnyj) — ship timber
           лиственный лес (lístvennyj) — leaf-bearing forest
           смешанный лес (sméšannyj) — mixed forest
           тропический лес (tropíčeskij) — rainforest
           хвойный лес (khvójnyj) — coniferous forest
           чаща леса — thicket, the depths of forest
           шум леса — murmur of the forest
           как в лесу (kak v lesú) (saying) — at sea, lost, disoriented
           кто в лес, кто по дрова (proverb) — (to be) at sixes and sevens (literal: some go to the forest, some go for firewood)
           лес рубят — щепки летят (proverb) — you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs (literally: when cutting trees, chips fly)
           (для него) это тёмный лес (or дремучий лес) (saying), — it is all Greek (to him), (he is) completely in the dark about it (literally: this is the dark forest for him)
           в лесу́ люди лесеют, а в людях людеют (proverb) — literal: in the forest people become wild, and become people among people
           чей лес, того и пень (proverb) — literally: the man who owns a forest, also owns a stump
           Бог и ле́су не сравня́л (saying) - literally: God doesn’t even make the forest equal, meaning that people are not equal
     2. n. (only singular) lumber, timber
           лес в плотах (v plotákh) — timber float
           лес на корню (na kornjú) — standing timber
     3. n. (only plural) леса́ scaffolding, scaffold trestle, falsework
           леса (lesá) — scaffolding, scaffold trestle
     4. n. much, many, a lot of smth. (especially high, eminent)
           лес рук - a forest of hands (in school if nobody wants to answer the teacher’s question, it's used sarcastically, when nobody actually raises a hand, there is no forest of hands, not a single t
           лес мачт — a large number of ships
           лес штыков (štykóv) — forest of bayonets


лесоматериал
     1. n. lumber
     2. n. timber (U.S.)


дрова
     1. n. firewood
     2. n. wood
     3. n. (computer) drivers


стояк
     1. n. vertical support, post, stanchion
     2. n. boner, hard-on or hardon, stiffy, woody or woodie (erect penis)
           утренний стояк — morning boner


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