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| bentwood |
wood that has been steamed and bent, used in furniture. [1/2 definitions] |
| billet2 |
a short chunk of wood, esp. one cut for firewood. [1/4 definitions] |
| birch |
a deciduous tree or shrub with close-grained, hard wood and smooth bark that can be peeled off. [3/5 definitions] |
| bistre |
a pigment made from the soot of burned wood, having a yellowish or dark brown color. [1/2 definitions] |
| blackthorn |
a walking stick made from the wood of this shrub. [1/2 definitions] |
| black walnut |
a tall tree of eastern North America that has dark, hard wood valued for making furniture and other durable wood products. [2/3 definitions] |
| block |
a solid piece of hard material such as wood, concrete, or ice, usu. flat on the sides. [4/19 definitions] |
| blockish |
like a block of wood in sensitivity or awareness; dull or stupid. |
| board |
a flat, rectangular piece of wood, cardboard, or the like, used for a specific purpose. [1/9 definitions] |
| bow2 |
a weapon, used for shooting arrows, made of a curved strip of wood or other material with a cord stretched taut between the two ends. [2/7 definitions] |
| box1 |
a container made of cardboard, wood, or other stiff material, usu. rectangular and having a lid for the top. [1/9 definitions] |
| box3 |
the wood from this tree; boxwood. [1/2 definitions] |
| box elder |
a North American maple tree with compound leaves and soft wood that is used in making furniture. |
| boxwood |
the hard, fine-grained, light yellow wood of the box tree or shrub, used for rulers, wood engravers' blocks, musical instruments, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| brace |
a tool used for holding and turning wood-boring bits. [1/10 definitions] |
| brand |
a piece of wood partly burned or burning. [1/8 definitions] |
| brassie |
a wooden golf club with a brass-plated sole, used to hit long, low shots; a number two wood. |
| breakaway |
of a theatrical or film prop, designing to break under slight impact, as a balsa-wood chair. [1/6 definitions] |
| brierroot |
a tobacco pipe made of this wood. [1/2 definitions] |
| brierwood |
the wood of the root of the brier; brierroot. |
| buck3 |
a structure used to hold wood for sawing; sawhorse. [1/2 definitions] |
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