woody

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈwʊdi/

Definition of woody

9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Covered in woods; wooded.
    “She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […].”
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adj

  1. Covered in woods; wooded.
    “She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […].”
  2. Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.
  3. (obsolete)Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
    “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.”
  4. Non-herbaceous.
    “Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.”
  5. Lignified.
    “the woody parts of a plant”

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of woodie.
  2. (slang)A compact wooden climbing wall used for board climbing.
    “And as climbing has evolved, so have woodies — the Moon Board established a worldwide standard for board climbing in 2016.”
  3. (slang, vulgar)An erect penis.

name

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Woodrow.
    “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.”

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Etymology

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

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