Home › Words › W › woodrotwoodrotwoodrot · noun — the decayed portions of wooden structure, usually caused by a fungal infection.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, woodrot ranks #7,566 of 43,252 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom wood + rot.nounThe decayed portions of wooden structure, usually caused by a fungal infection.e.g.“If you recall, Blackbird Damp said that they had treated the property and that it was now free from woodrot.” — 2005, Andrew Williams, Domestic Building Surveys:The process of such decay.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).