woods

1. pluralplural of wood

1. pluralsometimesusuallyA dense collection of trees, usually one covering a relatively small area; usually smaller than a forest.

   These woods are part of the Campbell property.

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   This woods is part of the Campbell property. (uncommon)

   The woods are lovely, dark and deep

   1923, Robert Frost, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

   Where protection is not considered essential, the logical places for establishing a woods are on those portions of the farm which have steep slopes […].

   1939, C. R. Tillotson, The Care and Improvement of the Farm Woods (Farmers' Bulletin No. 1177), page 18

   Night after night, we both had similar dreams that our daughter was wandering around in a woods.

   2009, James Preston Hardison, Miracles on the Poke-A-No, page 159

   It is a crop, like a crop of corn, which differs from a natural field of grasses in the way that a crop of trees differs from a woods.

   2013, Robert McGowan, Current: Essays on the Passing of Time in the Woods, page 20

   Synonyms: timber

2. attributivepluralgovernmentFor chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests).

1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of wood

plural Woodses

1. countableuncountableA topographic surname from Middle English, variant of Wood. Possibly patronymic.
2. A number of places:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Liberty County, Florida, United States.
   2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.
   4. countableuncountableA community in Carling township, Ontario, Canada.
   5. countableuncountableA locality near Owen, South Australia.

1. pluralplural of Wood