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woody

/ˈwʊdi/adjective2 syllables

Woody means: made of or containing or resembling wood.

Synonyms for woody16

adjective, as in made of or containing or resembling wood

ashen, beechen, birch, birchen, birken, cedarn, ligneous, oaken, suffrutescent, wooden

adjective, as in abounding in trees

arboraceous, arboreous, woodsy, wooded

adjective, as in made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls

hard

also used for woody

sylvan

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Opposites of woody

nonwoody

What does woody mean?3

adjective

1

made of or containing or resembling wood“woody plants”

2

abounding in trees“an arboreous landscape”

3

made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with woody?1

two syllables

goody
Show 23 near rhymes
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Woody in a sentence

  • Yanni says he can weave baskets with these woody vines.Amastan
  • These strawberry tree fruits taste a little woody.Amastan
  • The Ship Island region was as woody and tenantless as ever.unknown
  • China built a military installation on Woody Island with an airfield and artificial harbor.The_World_Factbook
  • Yanni uses woody vines to weave baskets.Amastan

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Forms of woody

as a adjective

comparative
woodier
superlative
woodiest