wood - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • rot: The main room had two chairs made of nearly rotting wood, and a dirty kitchen.
  • carve: The interior of the castle contains fine examples of intricately carved wood and plaster work, and is furnished from the 17th century onwards.
  • burn: As an example for each 10lb of wood burned 8lb is returned to you in heat.
  • chop: They made him clean up all the time and chop wood for the fire while they sat and watched him.

Adjective modifier

  • dead: The common people found their rights to hunt game or collect dead wood on common land, became criminal offenses.
  • polished: It is red brick on the outside and polished wood on the inside with a state-of-the-art stage.
  • rotten: I suspect some of them, because of a curious smell of rotten wood which I can detect through other odors.
  • solid: He set out to create a speaker diaphragm from solid wood.

Modifies a noun

  • stove: The wood burning stove will be kept in situ.
  • burning: The wood burning stove will be kept in situ.
  • flooring: We can supply & fit many different brands of wood flooring.
  • burner: The property is also very cozy for winter lets - there is wood fired central heating plus a wood burner in the main salon.
  • paneling: Other features include a 150 year old feature fire place, beamed ceilings and wood paneling to dining room.
  • pulp: Not bad for a company born out of a wood pulp mill in the 19th century.

Noun used with modifier

  • beech: The drawers are finished with beading around the edges and solid beech wood handles.
  • balsa: The plaque we have shown here is made from balsa wood, you could use any oddments of wood that you may have.
  • fairway: The importance of the fairway woods that you carry in your golf bag is often understated.
  • pine: Emerging from the pine wood, the path snaked through heather around the northern side of the lake.
  • cedar: Cat Houses for the Outside I found some great cat houses for the outside of my house and they are made of cedar wood.
  • oak: The Boat was more than ½ filled with peeled oak wood.

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