Sentence examples for be wood from inspiring English sources
noun
The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
- This table is made of wood.
The headlines were hard to miss, even for non-foodies: "The Parmesan Cheese You Sprinkle on Your Penne Could Be Wood," "FDA Warns the Parmesan You Eat May Be Wood Pulp," "Cheese Exec Pleads Guilty in Wood Pulp Parmesan Scandal".
It has to be wood from somewhere".
The framing material may be wood, concrete, steel, or a combination of these.
When I was 5, my older brother informed me my last name wouldn't always be Wood.
The charming carved footbridges appear to be wood, but are actually made of concrete.
The coffin can be wood, but it must be sealed, usually using lead or zinc.
There will be wood-burning pits, this time about 10 feet from the front door rather than behind the restaurant.
The homes will be wood-sided with concrete and brownstone foundations, using brownstone quarried from nearby Portland.
Dwellings could be wood-framed (northern California), earth-covered (various areas), semisubterranean (Sacramento area), or made of brush (desert areas) or thatched palm (southern California).
Since these are context specific, the categories necessarily situate phenomena in relation to others to be yin is to have a relationship to something that is yang, to be wood-like is to stand in certain relationships to fire, metal, earth, and air.
