different between woods vs forestial

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?dz/
• Rhymes: -?dz

Noun

woods

1. plural of wood

Noun

woods pl

1. (usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular) A dense collection of trees covering a relatively small area; smaller than a forest.

   These woods are near a field.

   This woods is near a field. (uncommon)

   • 1923, Robert Frost, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening:
2. (military, attributive) For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests).

Usage notes

• Woods more often takes a plural verb (determiner, etc, as in these woods are) than a singular verb (as in this woods is).
• In English, one does not say "I was lost in the wood," but rather "I was lost in the woods."

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:forest

Derived terms

• Lake of the Woods
• out of the woods
• woodsman

Translations

Verb

woods

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wood

References

English

Etymology

forest +? -ial

Adjective

forestial (comparative more forestial, superlative most forestial)

1. Of, like, or having to do with a forest.
2. (not comparable) Relating to forestry (cultivating forests for harvest).

Synonyms

• sylvan, silvan
• woods (attr. n.)

Anagrams

• alforsite, foralites, raftilose