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"made from" still doesn't sound quite right, but this seems better
[[Image:Pissarro_The_Woodcutter.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
[[Image:Pissarro_The_Woodcutter.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
'''Wood''' is a stiff [[:Category:Materials|building material]] made from [[tree]]s. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines wood as "the hard fibrous substance consisting basically of [[xylem]] that makes up the greater part of the stems, branches, and roots of trees or shrubs beneath the bark and is found to a limited extent in herbaceous plants."<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wood Merriam-Webster: ''wood''].</ref> Wood is used primarily in [[carpentry]], though it may also be used in creating homes, crosses, or for making a [[fire]]. Depending on the kind of tree the wood came from, the wood will have different properties.
'''Wood''' is a stiff material made from plants (mostly trees), which is often used for construction purposes. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines wood as "the hard fibrous substance consisting basically of [[xylem]] that makes up the greater part of the stems, branches, and roots of trees or shrubs beneath the bark and is found to a limited extent in herbaceous plants."<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wood Merriam-Webster: ''wood''].</ref> Wood is used primarily in [[carpentry]], though it may also be used in creating homes, crosses, or for making a [[fire]]. Depending on the kind of tree the wood came from, the wood will have different properties.
Most wood used for making things comes from trees; [[bamboo]] (considered by taxonomists to be a kind of [[grass]]) is an exception. In the works of [[Chaucer]], "tree" is used as a synonym for wood.<ref>See ''For, well ye know, a lord in his household / Hath not every vessel all of gold / Some are of tree, and do their lord service.'' from the Wife of Bath's prologue - text at [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2383/pg2383.html Project Gutenberg]</ref>
Most wood used for making things comes from trees; [[bamboo]] (considered by taxonomists to be a kind of [[grass]]) is an exception. In the works of [[Chaucer]], "tree" is used as a synonym for wood.<ref>See ''For, well ye know, a lord in his household / Hath not every vessel all of gold / Some are of tree, and do their lord service.'' from the Wife of Bath's prologue - text at [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2383/pg2383.html Project Gutenberg]</ref>
* [[Logging]]
* [[Logging]]
* [[Tools]]: [[Saw]], [[Chain saw]], [[Mill#Sawmill|Sawmill]], [[Tools for Survival]]
* [[Tools]]: [[Saw]], [[Chain saw]], [[Mill#Sawmill|Sawmill]], [[Tools for Survival]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.thewoodexplorer.com/ The Wood Explorer: A comprehensive database of commercial wood species]
* [http://www.thewoodexplorer.com/ The Wood Explorer: A comprehensive database of commercial wood species]
* [http://www.apawood.org/level_b.cfm?content=prd_main APA – The Engineered Wood Association]
* [http://www.apawood.org/level_b.cfm?content=prd_main APA – The Engineered Wood Association]
[[Category:Trees]]
[[Category:Trees]]
[[Category:Forestry]]
[[Category:Forestry]]
[[Category:Construction]]
[[Category:Construction]]
[[Category:Materials]]
[[Category:Materials]]