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woods

noun US /wʊdz/

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,221 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,905 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area also: forest, wood

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

woods in real books

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  • Mr. Robert walks up from the woods.

    The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1

  • Tom, of course, made for the woods.

    The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1

  • She had written him soon after--an invitation for a week-end at her mother's camp in the woods.

    The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1

  • They had marched thirty-six miles without rest, along bad roads and through woods, and were unable to go farther.

    A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1

  • But there stood great woods on the slopes beyond--old, tall, and brilliant, like unfaded tapestries against the walls of a ruined house.

    Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1

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