Wood provided warmth and shelter.

Meaning: This means the wood from the tree was giving someone the feeling of being hot or comfortable and a place that protects you from the elements.

Choice of Words: Wood is the hard, fibrous substance that makes up the trunk and branches of a tree. Provided means to give something to someone. Warmth means the feeling of being hot or comfortable. Shelter is a place that protects you from the elements. When you put them together, it means the hard, fibrous substance that makes up the trunk and branches of a tree was giving someone the feeling of being hot or comfortable and a place that protects you from the elements.

Alternative Expressions

Wood gave warmth and a place to stay.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it uses different words to describe the same idea.

Choice of Words: Gave is another way to say provided. A place to stay means a place where you can live or sleep.

The wood kept us warm and dry.

Meaning: This means that the wood was used to make a fire that kept people warm and a roof that kept them dry.

Choice of Words: Kept means to continue to have or hold something. Dry means not wet.

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