Woods or The Woods may refer to:

Common meanings

Woodland A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the '' plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunli ...

Forest A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological community, community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, ...

Wood Wood is a structural tissue/material found as xylem in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulosic fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin t ...

, solid material from trees or shrubs

Places

United States

* Woods, Kentucky * Woods, Oregon * Woods, a municipality in

Liberty County, Florida Liberty County is a county located in the state of Florida, part of the Big Bend region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,974, making it the least populous county in Florida. Its county seat is Bristol. Torreya State Park and the ...

* The Woods, a neighborhood in Shenandoah, Louisiana

Elsewhere

* Woods, Ontario, an area of Carling, Ontario, Canada * Woods, South Australia, an area of Owen * The Woods, a locality in

Sandwell Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after the Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough ...

, England

Culture

Film

* ''The Woods'' (2006 film), a film directed by Lucky McKee * ''The Woods'' (2011 film), a film directed by Matthew Lessner * ''The Woods'', a false working title used for the 2016 film ''Blair Witch'' (film)

Music

* ''The Woods'' (album), 2005 album by Sleater-Kinney *

Woods (band) Woods is an American folk rock band from Brooklyn, New York (state), New York, formed in 2005. The band consists of Jeremy Earl (vocals, guitar), Jarvis Taveniere (various instruments, production), Aaron Neveu (drums), Chuck Van Dyck (bass), an ...

, American folk-rock band from New York * "Woods", a song by Bon Iver from their EP ''Blood Bank'', 2009 * "The Woods", a song by Dierks Bentley from his album ''Home'', 2012 * "Woods", a song by Fireworks from their album '' Oh, Common Life'', 2014 * "Woods", a song by Mac Miller from his album ''Circles'', 2020

Other uses in culture

* ''The Woods'', 2007 novel by

Harlan Coben Harlan Coben (born January 4, 1962) is an American writer of mystery novels and thrillers. The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past, murders, or fatal accidents and have multiple ...

* ''The Woods'' (play), 1977 play by David Mamet * ''The Woods'' (comic), a graphic novel by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas * ''The Woods'' (miniseries) (), a Polish web television miniseries * "Woods" (''Atlanta''), 2018 TV episode

Sports

* Another name for lawn

bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...

Wood (golf) A wood is a type of golf club, club used in the sport of golf. Woods have longer shafts and larger, rounder heads than other club types, and are used to hit the golf ball, ball longer distances than other types. Woods are so called because, trad ...

, a type of golf club

Other uses

* Woods Motor Vehicle, an American manufacturer of electric automobiles between 1899 and 1916 * Woods (surname), a family name * Sacred woods, another term for

sacred grove Sacred groves, sacred woods, or sacred forests are groves of trees that have special religious importance within a particular culture. Sacred groves feature in various cultures throughout the world. These are forest areas that are, for the most ...