wood

wood
wood [{{t}}wʊd]
1 noun
(a) (timber) bois m;
the stove burns wood and coal le poêle fonctionne au bois et au charbon;
a piece of wood un bout de bois;
{{}}British{{}} to touch or {{}}American{{}} to knock on wood toucher du bois;
{{}}British{{}} touch wood!, {{}}American{{}} knock on wood! touchons du bois!
(b) (group of trees) bois m;
we went for a walk in the woods nous sommes allés nous promener dans les bois;
{{}}figurative{{}} he can't see the wood for the trees les arbres lui cachent la forêt;
{{}}figurative{{}} we're not out of the woods yet on n'est pas encore sortis de l'auberge, on n'est pas encore tirés d'affaire
(c) (casks, barrels) tonneau m;
matured in the wood vieilli au tonneau;
drawn from the wood tiré au tonneau
(d) (in bowls) boule f
(e) {{}}Golf{{}} bois m;
a (number) 3 wood un bois 3
(f) {{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}}
to put the wood to sb (beat up) tabasser qn; (defeat) battre qn à plates coutures
(g) {{}}vulgar{{}}
to get wood (erection) bander;
to put the wood to sb (have sex with) tringler qn
2 compound-forming noun
(a) (wooden → floor, table, house) en bois, de bois
(b) (for burning wood → stove) à bois; (→ fire) de bois
3 woods plural noun
{{}}Music{{}} bois mpl
►► wood alcohol esprit-de-bois m, alcool m méthylique;
{{}}Botany{{}} wood anemone anémone f des bois;
wood ant fourmi f rousse;
{{}}Botany{{}} wood avens benoîte f;
wood ash cendre f de bois;
wood carver sculpteur m sur bois;
wood chisel ciseau m à bois;
{{}}Botany{{}} wood crane's bill géranium m des bois;
wood fibre fibre f de bois;
wood nymph nymphe f des bois, dryade f;
wood panelling boiserie f;
{{}}Ornithology{{}} wood pigeon ramier m;
wood pulp pâte f à papier;
{{}}Zoology{{}} wood rat rat m des bois;
{{}}Ornithology{{}} wood sandpiper chevalier m sylvain;
wood screw vis f à bois;
{{}}Botany{{}} wood sorrel oxalis m, oxalide f;
{{}}Botany{{}} wood speedwell véronique f des montagnes;
wood spirit esprit-de-bois m;
{{}}Botany{{}} wood spurge euphorbe f des bois;
wood stain teinture f pour bois;
{{}}Ornithology{{}} wood stork tantale m d'Amérique;
wood stove poêle m à bois;
wood tar goudron m de bois;
{{}}Ornithology{{}} wood warbler pouillot m siffleur

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