ξύλον/xulon

This word is a type of thing. It is a noun.

This word can mean tree.
This word can mean wood.
This word can mean a piece of wood used to hit someone.
This word can mean stocks. These are pieces of wood used to hold the feet of a person in prison so that he cannot move them.
This word can mean cross. A cross was an upright wooden post stuck into the ground with a wooden beam going across it near the top. During the time of the Roman Empire, the Roman government killed criminals by tying or nailing them to a cross and leaving them there to die.