puxy
9.9
A soft, spongy mass of rotten wood
- noun
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puxy
- They used pieces of puxy to start the campfire because it caught fire easily.
Examples
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Mushrooms grew from the puxy left behind by the decaying tree.
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The old log was covered in puxy after years of lying on the forest floor.
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The old tree was filled with puxy wood.
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I found some puxy remnants in the fallen log.
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The old log was covered in puxy after years of lying on the forest floor.
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Mushrooms grew from the puxy left behind by the decaying tree.
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They used pieces of puxy to start the campfire because it caught fire easily.
Antonyms
hardwood
- Specialized
45
3.5
Strong wood from trees with wide leaves like oak or maple used for floors and furniture
How Decayed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Puxy as a noun can be thought of as the pulp left when a log rots — a soft, spongy mass. So a puxy is a piece of decayed wood that is 'soft and spongy'.