Wood vs. Woody — What's the Difference?

Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic material – a natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin that resists compression.

Forming or consisting of wood; ligneous

The hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber

Marked by the presence of wood or xylem

An area of land, smaller than a forest, that is covered with growing trees

Characteristic or suggestive of wood

The secondary xylem of trees and shrubs, lying beneath the bark and consisting largely of cellulose and lignin.

Abounding in trees; wooded.

This tissue when cut and dried, used especially for building material and fuel.

A station wagon with exterior wood paneling.

A growth of trees and other plants usually covering a smaller area than a forest.

Vulgar Slang An erection of the penis.

A forest.

Covered in woods; wooded.

(Music) A woodwind.

(obsolete) Belonging to the woods; sylvan.

(Sports) Any of a series of golf clubs used to hit long shots, having a bulbous head made of wood, metal, or graphite, and numbered one to five in order of increasing loft.

Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.

To fuel with wood.

(botany) Non-herbaceous.

To cover with trees; forest.

(botany) Lignified.

To gather or be supplied with wood.

A compact wooden climbing wall used for board climbing.

Made or consisting of wood; wooden.

Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land.

Used or suitable for cutting, storing, or working with wood.

Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.

Woods Living, growing, or present in forests

Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan.

Mentally deranged.

Made of or containing or resembling wood;

(uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.

Abounding in trees;

(countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.

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

A forested or wooded area.

Firewood.

A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.

(music) A woodwind instrument.

An erection of the penis.

Chess pieces.

A peckerwood.

(transitive) To cover or plant with trees.

To hide behind trees.

(transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.

(intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.

(obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.

Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.

To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad.

To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.

To take or get a supply of wood.

A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; - frequently used in the plural.

The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber.

The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain.

Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.

The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

United States film actress (1938-1981)

English conductor (1869-1944)

English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)

United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)

Any wind instrument other than the brass instruments

A golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; metal woods are now available