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.

Notes

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

I was reading Prince’s autobiography as I was working on this film, and he wrote about how his father taking him to see Woodstock was his “come to Jesus” moment with music.

From Time

The Woodstock film did more for our ideas of what we think the ’60s were than what they actually were.

From Time

While Woodstock has long loomed large in American cultural memory, the Harlem Cultural Festival, another music festival from the same summer of arguably equal importance, was all but forgotten—until now.

From Time

Later in my trip, I stopped by Opus 40 Sculpture Park and Museum in Saugerties, just outside Woodstock.

From Washington Post

Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds drove over to Woodstock to see the family.

From Washington Post

He is my favorite Woodstock artist, the highlight of the entire festival.

From The Daily Beast

Cocker became an international star in the late 1960s, showing up everywhere from Woodstock to The Ed Sullivan Show.

From The Daily Beast

So Many Jihadists Are Flocking to Libya, It's Becoming ‘Scumbag Woodstock’

From The Daily Beast

In Washington, being the guy on a mission to stamp out leaks is a bit like being the lone narc at Woodstock.

From The Daily Beast

Or the inimitable Oregon Country Fair, a 45,000-person, three-day Woodstock-esque hippy festival in the woods outside Eugene.

From The Daily Beast

During the same month of January, a dramatic episode occurred at Woodstock.

From Project Gutenberg

In any event, ChaucerPg 263 certainly lived in Woodstock—very likely in the house assigned to him today.

From Project Gutenberg

Our guide pointed out the spot where once stood the manor-house of Woodstock, torn down about a hundred years ago.

From Project Gutenberg

The town of Woodstock has a long line of traditions, but shows little evidence of modern progress.

From Project Gutenberg

Magazine, April, 1882, has an interesting article on 'Chaucer at Woodstock.'

From Project Gutenberg