A landscape in the process of being eaten by trees and converted to wood.
(1) The original solid fuel, right after dung.*
(2) What you'd do if you could. Oh — wait a minute, that's "would." Never mind.**
(3) The substance of which trees are made, i.e., the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. Maybe you've seen some. Mostly responsible for the woofy sounds you hear in the woods when you're out there alone, in the dark. But other things make similar noises, so keep your wits about you, and count your fingers when you get back home, if you do.
(4) A complex organic material composed of cellulose fibers (strong under tension) embedded in a matrix of lignin (strong under compression). Wood is produced in the stems of trees and other perennials, without permission, and under no supervision whatsoever.
(5) The substance making up the central trunk and branches of a tree. Used in construction, or as raw material for manufacturing things like toothpicks.
(6) A complex naturally-occurring polymer of sugar generally regarded as a pretty nifty thing. Used to make sawdust and pencils, among many other fine products. Unfortunately wood, like everything else, is at least 99.9999999% blank, empty space seething with random energies and subject to violent quantum fluctuations that can be understood feebly at best, and then only through sophisticated stochastic methods requiring the attainment of advanced educational levels at obscure institutions, plus lots of equipment. It's a strange and frightening universe, so watch out next time you throw a stick onto that fire there, Bud.
* What's brown and sounds like a bell?
** What would wood, if only wood could, nevermind should. (English spelling and pronunciation, go figure.)
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