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. |
| 4. | the cask, barrel, or keg, as distinguished from the bottle: aged in the wood. |
| 6. | Music.
| b. | the section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwinds. |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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Swivel Definition–noun | 1. | a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, esp. to turn in a full circle. |
| 2. | such a device consisting of two parts, each of which turns around independently, as a compound link of a chain, one part of which turns freely in the other by means of a headed pin or the like. |
| 3. | a pivoted support allowing a gun to turn around in a horizontal plane. |
| 5. | a device attached to a loom and used as a shuttle to weave extra threads in the production of small figures, esp. dots. |
–verb (used with object) | 6. | to turn or pivot on or as if on a swivel: He swiveled his chair around. |
| 7. | to fasten by a swivel; furnish with a swivel. |
–verb (used without object) | 8. | to turn on or if as on a swivel. |
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Bar Definition–noun | 1. | a relatively long, evenly shaped piece of some solid substance, as metal or wood, used as a guard or obstruction or for some mechanical purpose: the bars of a cage. |
| 2. | an oblong piece of any solid material: a bar of soap; a candy bar. |
| 3. | the amount of material in a bar. |
| 4. | an ingot, lump, or wedge of gold or silver. |
| 5. | a long ridge of sand, gravel, or other material near or slightly above the surface of the water at or near the mouth of a river or harbor entrance, often constituting an obstruction to navigation. |
| 6. | anything that obstructs, hinders, or impedes; obstacle; barrier: a bar to important legislation. |
| 7. | a counter or place where beverages, esp. liquors, or light meals are served to customers: a snack bar; a milk bar. |
| 9. | (in a home) a counter, small wagon, or similar piece of furniture for serving food or beverages: a breakfast bar. |
| 11. | the practicing members of the legal profession in a given community. |
| 12. | any tribunal: the bar of public opinion. |
| 13. | a band or strip: a bar of light. |
| 14. | a railing in a courtroom separating the general public from the part of the room occupied by the judges, jury, attorneys, etc. |
| 16. | Music. | a. | Also called bar line. the line marking the division between two measures of music. |
| c. | the unit of music contained between two bar lines; measure. |
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| 18. | Law. | a. | an objection that nullifies an action or claim. |
| b. | a stoppage or defeat of an alleged right of action. |
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| 19. | Typography. a horizontal stroke of a type character, as of an A, H, t, and sometimes e. |
| 20. | Architecture. (in tracery) a relatively long and slender upright of stone treated as a colonette or molded. |
| 21. | Building Trades. | a. | an iron or steel shape: I-bar. |
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| 22. | Military. one of a pair of metal or cloth insignia worn by certain commissioned officers. |
| 23. | bars, the transverse ridges on the roof of the mouth of a horse. |
| 24. | a space between the molar and canine teeth of a horse into which the bit is fitted. |
| 25. | (in a bridle) the mouthpiece connecting the cheeks. |
| 27. | Heraldry. a horizontal band, narrower than a fess, that crosses the field of an escutcheon. |
| 28. | Obsolete. a gateway capable of being barred. |
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(used with object) | 29. | to equip or fasten with a bar or bars: Bar the door before retiring for the night. |
| 30. | to block by or as if by bars: The police barred the exits in an attempt to prevent the thief's escape. |
| 31. | to prevent or hinder: They barred her entrance to the club. |
| 32. | to exclude or except: He was barred from membership because of his reputation. |
| 33. | to mark with bars, str
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–preposition | 34. | except; omitting; but: bar none. |
—Idioms| 35. | at bar, Law. | a. | before the court and being tried: a case at bar. |
| b. | before all the judges of a court: a trial at bar. |
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| 36. | behind bars, in jail: We wanted the criminal behind bars. |
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Stool Definition–noun | 1. | a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back. |
| 2. | a short, low support on which to stand, step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting. |
| 3. | Horticulture. the stump, base, or root of a plant from which propagative organs are produced, as shoots for layering. |
| 4. | the base of a plant that annually produces new stems or shoots. |
| 5. | a cluster of shoots or stems springing up from such a base or from any root, or a single shoot or layer. |
| 6. | a bird fastened to a pole or perch and used as a decoy. |
| 7. | an artificial duck or other bird, usually made from wood, used as a decoy by hunters. |
| 9. | the fecal matter evacuated at each movement of the bowels. |
| 11. | a bishop's seat considered as symbolic of his authority; see. |
| 12. | the sacred chair of certain African chiefs, symbolic of their kingship. |
–verb (used without object) | 13. | to put forth shoots from the base or root, as a plant; form a stool. |
| 14. | Slang. to turn informer; serve as a stool pigeon. |
—Idiom| 15. | fall between two stools, to fail, through hesitation or indecision, to select either of two alternatives. |
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