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woody

adjective

Made of or containing or resembling wood

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
W
Ends with
Y
Contains
OO
Scrabble score
12

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈwʊdi

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adjective

  1. Made of or containing or resembling wood

    “Woody plants”

adjective

  1. Abounding in trees

    “An arboreous landscape”

adjective

  1. Made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls

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Example Sentences

Woody plants
Perennial herbs with woody stems
A woody taste
An arboreous landscape
Violets in woodsy shady spots
A woody area near the highway

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