WOODINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does woodiness mean? 

• WOODINESS (noun)
  The noun WOODINESS has 2 senses:

1. the quality of abounding in trees

2. texture produced by the fibers in wood

  Familiarity information: WOODINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOODINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of abounding in trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

woodiness; woodsiness

Hypernyms ("woodiness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Derivation:

woody (abounding in trees)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Texture produced by the fibers in wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

wood grain; woodgrain; woodiness

Hypernyms ("woodiness" is a kind of...):

grain (the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric)