any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions | any wind instrument other than the brass instruments |
wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles | a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head |
| the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area |
| the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |