Woodstock

[wood-stok]

noun

1. a town in northeastern Illinois.

2. a rock music festival held in August of 1969 in Bethel, N.Y., a town near Woodstock, N.Y.

Woodstock

/ ˈwʊdstɒk /

noun

1. a town in New York State, the site of a large rock festival in August 1969. Pop: 6253 (2003 est)

Woodstock

1. A village in New York state, where some 400,000 young people assembled in 1969 for a rock music festival.

The size of the crowd and the prevalence of hippie dress and customs led to use of the term Woodstock nation to indicate the youth counterculture of the late 1960s.

The term Woodstock is now used loosely to mean a large, impromptu gathering.

Example Sentences

Woodstock limits short-term rentals and locals use secret lines to access swarmed cafes.

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Woodstock, Vt.—which has a quaint downtown filled with shops, and counts actress Ana de Armas as a part-time resident—has adapted to the social media-driven influx, said Keri Cole, who serves on the town selectboard.

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At the same time, its leadership stood accused of using sporting events like this cycling Woodstock to suppress attention on alleged human rights abuses and its support of M23 rebels fighting in the bordering Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Anyone who grew up in the 1960s knows there is more to the music of that decade than the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Motown and the bands that played at Woodstock.

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The unfinished, three-story, 5,000-square-foot single-family homes along N. Woodstock Road near Mulholland Drive were part of a planned 21-home development for which permits were issued in 1998 and 1999.

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