Woody

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŠdi
• Homophones: woodie

Origin

wood + -y

Full definition of woody

Adjective

1. Covered in woods; wooded.
2. (obsolete) Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii: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.
3. Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
4. (botany) Non-herbaceous.Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.
5. (botany) Lignified: "the woody parts of a plant".

Noun

1. A station wagon that has a retro wooden exterior, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
2. (informal) an erection.