how to pronounce woody

/ˈwʊdiː/

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the above transcription of woody is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

woody is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of woody in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… put on any woody extension growth like …”

meanings of woody

adjective:

Covered in woods; wooded.
Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
Non-herbaceous.
Lignified.
Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.

noun:

Alternative form of woodie.

name:

A male given name, from a nickname for Woodrow.

woody frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word woody occurs in english on average 5.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics woody can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that woody can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;