wood-based
|wood-based|
/ˈwʊd.beɪst/
made from wood / using wood as the base
Etymology
'wood-based' is a modern English compound formed from 'wood' + 'based'. 'wood' comes from Old English 'wudu' (Proto-Germanic *widu-), meaning 'wood' or 'forest', and 'based' is derived from the noun 'base' (from Latin 'basis' via Old French), meaning 'foundation' or 'support'.
'wood' evolved from Old English 'wudu' to Middle English 'wode' and then modern English 'wood'. 'base' comes from Latin 'basis' (Greek 'basis') which passed into Old French and Middle English; the adjectival form 'based' is a later English formation used to mean 'having X as a base', and the compound 'wood-based' arose in modern usage (industrial/technical contexts) to denote items having wood as their base material.
Individually, 'wood' originally meant 'trees/wood', and 'based' meant 'having a base'; combined in modern English they specifically mean 'having wood as the base or main material', a usage that became common with industrial and manufacturing terminology.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
made wholly or mainly from wood; composed of wood as the primary material.
The company sells wood-based furniture that is sustainably sourced.
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Adjective 2
using wood as the principal raw material or substrate in manufacturing or product composition (often used in technical/industrial contexts, e.g., 'wood-based panels' or 'wood-based biomass').
Researchers are developing wood-based composites for building applications.
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