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WOODINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Texture produced by the fibers in wood
Synonyms:
wood grain; woodgrain; woodiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of abounding in trees
Synonyms:
woodiness; woodsiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("woodiness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Derivation:
woody (abounding in trees)