# woods

Pronunciation: say "WUUDZ" /wʊdz/

## Noun

1. A dense group of trees covering a fairly small area, usually smaller than a forest.
   - Simple: A small area of land covered with many trees, smaller than a forest.
   - _A narrow trail wound through the woods toward the river._
   - _Deer often shelter in the woods during the heat of the day._
2. Plural of wood. — plural of wood
   - Simple: Plural of wood. Use this form when you mean more than one kind or piece of wood.
   - _Cabinetmakers often combine several woods in a single piece._
   - _The shop stocks exotic woods imported from around the world._
4. In military planning, terrain of trees in full leaf (coniferous or moderately dense deciduous forest) treated as a category for how chemical agents behave.
   - Simple: Areas thick with leafy trees, used in army planning for how gases or chemicals spread.
   - _Planners marked the woods on the map because dense foliage would slow the spread of any released agent._
   - _In the woods, the canopy held the vapor close to the ground for hours after the attack._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present indicative of wood. — third-person singular simple present indicative of wood
   - Simple: The form of wood used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/woods (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).