woods
A dense collection of trees, usually one covering a relatively small area; usually smaller than a forest.
Example
“These woods are part of the Campbell property.”
Other meanings
For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests).
Synonyms
- forest
Related words
- Big Woods
- Lake of the Woods
- out of the woods
- woodsman
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “woods” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.