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cedary

cedary

1 6.7
Having a warm, woody smell or taste like wood from a sweet-smelling tree
  • adjective
  • /ˈsiːdəri/
: de cedro
  • The furniture gave the room a warm, cedary scent.

Examples

  • The cedary scent of the wood filled the room.

  • I love the cedary flavor of this smoked salmon.

  • The wine had a subtle cedary aroma that reminded me of a forest.

  • We enjoyed a picnic in a cedary grove by the lake.

  • The cedary scent of the wood filled the room.

  • The furniture gave the room a warm, cedary scent.

  • I love the cedary flavor of this smoked salmon.

Synonyms

cedar-scented
vscedary
1 4.6

Having a smell like cedar wood

also covers being physically made from that wood or tasting like it
cedarn
vscedary
  • Archaic
9.9

Made from cedar wood

also covers having the smell or taste of that wood

Surface Forms

cedary positive

Morphology

cedary = cedar (transparent) = cedar + y

Formed by the noun 'cedar' plus the productive adjectival suffix '-y' meaning 'having the qualities of cedar', which is directly guessable by learners.

Etymology

The word cedary comes from the tree name cedar plus the ending -y, which means 'having' or 'full of'. So cedary means 'having the smell or qualities of cedar', like 'cedarwood' or a 'cedar chest' that gives a warm, forest scent.