Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

woody

/ˈwʊdi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables: woody
IPA: /ˈwʊdi/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered in woods; wooded.

adj

Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.

adj

Belonging to the woods; sylvan.

Obsolete

adj

Non-herbaceous.

adj

noun

Alternative form of woodie.

noun

A compact wooden climbing wall used for board climbing.

Slang

noun

An erect penis.

Slang

Example Sentences

"She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […]."
"with the wooddie Nymphes when she did play, / Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, / She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace."
"Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants."
"the woody parts of a plant"
"And as climbing has evolved, so have woodies — the Moon Board established a worldwide standard for board climbing in 2016."
"Woody Allen has provided what is probably the best theological answer to the problem of evil: God is not evil; He is just an underachiever."

Etymology

From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: woodi
Suffix: wood, -y

Usage

Inflected Forms

woodier (comparative) woodiest (superlative) woodies (plural)

Derived Forms

woodily woodiness

Phrases

woody breast Woody Creek Woody Head Woody Island woody nightshade woody pear

Frequently Paired Words

wood woodlike woodsy wooden wooded

Synonyms

sylvan woodsy arboraceous arboreous

Homonyms

woodie woody

Rhymes With

goody goodie woodie hoodie

Questions

How do you pronounce woody?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwʊdi/.
What does woody mean?: Covered in woods; wooded.
Where does woody come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce woody

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