ADJ

hard
soft
Pine is a soft wood
dark
The pub had dark wood panelling
light, pale
green
The wood was too green to burn
dead, rotten, rotting
She pruned the dead wood from the tree
kindling
There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall
natural
varnish that retains the natural wood look
seasoned
rough
painted, polished, stained, varnished
carved
solid
laminated
charred
balsa, beech, pine, etc.

QUANT

block, piece, plank, strip

VERB + WOOD

chop, cut, saw
be made from/in/(out) of, carve/make sth from/ in/out of
The cabinet is made of cherry wood. We carve the moulds in wood
paint, polish, stain, varnish
She stained the wood green
season
Traditionally wood was seasoned in the open air
burn
gather
We gathered wood for the fire

WOOD + VERB

splinter
the sound of splintering wood
rot
Over the years, much of the wood in the house had rotted
burn
Dry wood burns easily

WOOD + NOUN

chip
carving
floor, panel, panelling
laminate, veneer
finish
a wardrobe in a mahogany wood finish
fire

PREP

in ~
The chapel has some interesting works in wood and marble

ADJ

deep, dense, thick
dark, shady
broad-leaved, deciduous
beech, birch, oak, etc.

PREP

in the ~
a walk in the woods
through the ~
He wandered through the beech wood