# wooder

Pronunciation: say "WUUD-er" US /ˈwʊdɚ/, UK/AUS /ˈwʊdə/

## Noun

1. Pronunciation spelling of water, reflecting how the word sounds in Philadelphia English and southern New Jersey speech. — Pronunciation spelling of water, drawing playful attention to the regional accent of an interlocutor whose pronunciation sounds like it would be spelled this way to people with other accents; applies chiefly to Philadelphia English, which has regional extent, including southern New Jersey.
   - Simple: Pronunciation spelling of water, used playfully to show how people from Philadelphia say it.
   - _He grabbed a bottle of wooder before heading out into the heat._
   - _Down the shore, the wooder felt freezing even in July._

## Noun

2. A person who cuts or gathers wood. *(rare)*
   - Simple: Someone who cuts down trees or collects wood.
   - _The settlement relied on a single wooder to keep every hearth supplied through winter._
   - _A wooder's hands were rough from years of splitting timber._

## Adjective

3. Comparative form of wood (obsolete: madder, more furious). *(obsolete)* — comparative form of wood: more wood
   - Simple: Comparative of wood, an old adjective meaning mad or wild. No longer used.

## Origin

Formed from 'wood' combined with the suffix '-er'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wooder (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).