Oxford Basic American Dictionary

it is not surprising

She didn't sleep last night, so no wonder she's tired.

WOn .der .ful © / 'Yvuidorfl / adjective

very good

What a wonderful present! This food is wonderful.

—SYNONYM fantastic

won't / wount / short for will not

wood © / wud /

[ count, noncount ] the hard substance that trees are made of

Put some more wood on the fire. The table is made of wood.

—Look at the picture at tree .

[ count ] a big group of trees, smaller than a forest a large wood

a walk in the woods

WOOd .en © / 'wudn/ adjective

made of wood

The toys are kept in a large wooden box.

wood • land / wudlsnd / noun

[ count, noncount ]

an area of land that is covered with trees The house is surrounded by woodlands.

wood • peck • er / ' wud|peksr / noun

[ count ]

a bird that makes holes in trees when it is looking for insects to eat

wood • wind / wudwind / noun [ count ]

( MUSIC ) a type of musical instrument that is often made of wood and that you play by blowing into it Word building An orchestra is made up of four sections. The strings section includes violins and cellos. The woodwind section includes clarinets and flutes. The brass section includes trumpets and trombones. The percussion section includes drums and cymbals.

wool © / wul /

[noncount]

the soft, thick hair of sheep

thread or cloth that is made from the hair of sheep The cat was playing with a ball of wool.

This sweater is made of pure wool.

wool • en / wulsn / adjective

made of wool woolen socks

wool • ly ( also wool ) / ' wuli / ( wool li - er , wool - li est )

made of wool, or like wool a woolly hat

word Ф / ward / noun

[ count ] ( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) a sound that you make, or a letter or group of letters that you write, which has a meaning

What's the Italian word for "dog"? Do you know the words of this song?

[ count ] something that you say Can I have a word with you?

Don't say a word about this to anyone.

[ singular ] a promise

She gave me her word that she wouldn't tell anyone. Claire said she would come, and she kept her word (= did what she had promised ) .

in other words

saying the same thing in a different way

Joe doesn't like hard work — in other words, he's lazy!

take someone's word for it

to believe what someone says

word for word

using exactly the same words

Mike repeated word for word what you told him.

word proc • es • sor / 'ward |prasesar / noun

[ count ]

( COMPUTERS ) a small computer that you can use for writing

► word proc • es • sing / ward |prasesig / noun

[ noncount ]

I mainly use the computer for word processing.

wore

form of wear 1

WOrk 1 © / work / verb ( works , work - ing , worked )

to be busy doing or making something

You will need to work hard if you want to pass the exam. I'm going to work on my essay this evening.

to do something as a job and get money for it Suzy works for the government.

I work at the car factory.

to go correctly or to do something correctly We can't watch TV — it isn't working.

How does this camera work?

to make something do something

Can you show me how to work the coffee machine?

to have the result you wanted

I don't think your plan will work. work out

1 to have the result you wanted

hope things work out for you.

to do exercises to keep your body strong and healthy She works out every day.

The noun is workout .

work something out to find the answer to something We worked out the cost of a new kitchen.

work 2 Ф / work / noun