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Woody

/ˈwʊdi/

An early station wagon or estate car in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.

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📖 Definitions of "Woody"

noun

1
An early station wagon or estate car in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
2
A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track.
3
An erection of the penis.

adjective

1
Covered in woods; wooded.
2
Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
3
Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
4
Non-herbaceous.
"Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants."

🔄 Synonyms of "Woody"

20 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
hardnoun	(of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
ashenverb	Ash-colored; pale; anemic
dealnoun	(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
woodennoun	Made of wood.
arboraceous	Of or relating to trees.
woodsy	Of, relating to, or suggestive of a wooded area.
oaken	Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.
arboreous	Having the characteristics of a tree. (of a plant)
ligneous	Of, or resembling wood; woody.
oaknoun	(countable) A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
bamboonoun	A fast-growing grass of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
wooded	Covered with trees.
beechen	Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech tree.
suffrutescent	(botany) Slightly woody or shrubby at the base.
birchen	Made from birch wood.
cedarn	(archaic, literary) Constituted of or covered with cedar trees; made of cedar wood.
birken	(obsolete or dialectal, Scotland and Northern England) Made of birch; birchen.
aspennoun	A poplar tree, especially of section Populus sect. Populus, of medium-size trees with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.
birchnoun	Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
lignified	made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls

↔️ Antonyms of "Woody"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
nonwoody	Not woody

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Woody"

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Word	Definition
woodsy	Of, relating to, or suggestive of a wooded area.
wooded	Covered with trees.
arboraceous	Of or relating to trees.
arboreous	Having the characteristics of a tree. (of a plant)
woodnoun	(uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
ligneous	Of, or resembling wood; woody.
suffrutescent	(botany) Slightly woody or shrubby at the base.
oakennoun	Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.
ashenverb	Ash-colored; pale; anemic
birchen	Made from birch wood.
beechen	Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech tree.
aspennoun	A poplar tree, especially of section Populus sect. Populus, of medium-size trees with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.
cedarn	(archaic, literary) Constituted of or covered with cedar trees; made of cedar wood.
birken	(obsolete or dialectal, Scotland and Northern England) Made of birch; birchen.
birchnoun	Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
bamboonoun	A fast-growing grass of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
oaknoun	(countable) A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
woodennoun	Made of wood.
hardnoun	(of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
dealnoun	(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).