Wood Definition

–noun

1.	the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.

2.	the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other purposes; timber or lumber.

3.

firewood.

4.	the cask, barrel, or keg, as distinguished from the bottle: aged in the wood.

5.	wood block (def. 1).

6.	Music. a. a woodwind instrument. b. the section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwinds.

7.	Often, woods. (used with a singular or plural verb) a large and thick collection of growing trees; a grove or forest: They picnicked in the woods.

8.	Golf. a club with a wooden head, as a driver, brassie, spoon, or baffy for hitting long shots. Compare iron (def. 5).

–adjective

9.	made of wood; wooden.

10.	used to store, work, or carry wood: a wood chisel.

11.	dwelling or growing in woods: wood bird.

–verb (used with object)

12.	to cover or plant with trees.

13.	to supply with wood; get supplies of wood for.

–verb (used without object)

14.	to take in or get supplies of wood (often fol. by up): to wood up before the approach of winter.

—Idioms

15.	have the wood on, Australian Slang. to have an advantage over or have information that can be used against.

16.	knock on wood, (used when knocking on something wooden to assure continued good luck): The car's still in good shape, knock on wood. Also, especially British, touch wood.

17.	out of the woods, a. out of a dangerous, perplexing, or difficult situation; secure; safe. b. no longer in precarious health or critical condition; out of danger and recovering.

File Definition

Cabinet Definition

–noun

1.	a piece of furniture with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding or displaying items: a curio cabinet; a file cabinet.

2.	a wall cupboard used for storage, as of kitchen utensils or toilet articles: a kitchen cabinet; a medicine cabinet.

3.	a piece of furniture containing a radio or television set, usually standing on the floor and often having a record player or a place for phonograph records.

4.	(often initial capital letter) a council advising a president, sovereign, etc., esp. the group of ministers or executives responsible for the government of a nation.

5.	(often initial capital letter) (in the U.S.) an advisory body to the president, consisting of the heads of the 13 executive departments of the federal government.

6.	a small case with compartments for valuables or other small objects.

7.	a small cha dc5 mber or booth for special use, esp. a shower stall.

8.	a private room.

9.	a room set aside for the exhibition of small works of art or objets d'art.

10.	Also called cabinet wine. a dry white wine produced in Germany from fully matured grapes without the addition of extra sugar.

11.	New England (chiefly Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts). a milk shake made with ice cream.

12.	Archaic. a small room.

13.	Obsolete. a small cabin.

–adjective

14.	pertaining to a political cabinet: a cabinet meeting.

15.	private; confidential; secret.

16.	pertaining to a private room.

17.	of suitable value, beauty, or size for a private room, small display case, etc.: a cabinet edition of Milton.

18.	of, pertaining to, or used by a cabinetmaker or in cabinetmaking.

19.

Drafting. designating a method of projection (cabinet projection) in which a three-dimensional object is represented by a drawing (cabinet drawing) having all vertical and horizontal lines drawn to exact scale, with oblique lines reduced to about half scale so as to offset the appearance of distortion. Compare axonometric, isometric (def. 5), oblique (def. 13).

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