wooden

[ wood-n ]
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adjective
  1. consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.

  2. stiff, ungainly, or awkward: a wooden gait.

  1. without spirit, animation, or awareness.

  2. dull or stupid.

  3. indicating the fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.

Origin of wooden

1
First recorded in 1530–40; wood1 + -en2

Other words for wooden

Other words from wooden

  • wood·en·ly, adverb
  • wood·en·ness, noun

Words Nearby wooden

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How to use wooden in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for wooden

wooden

/ (ˈwʊdən) /


adjective
  1. made from or consisting of wood

  2. awkward or clumsy

  1. bereft of spirit or animation: a wooden expression

  2. obstinately unyielding: a wooden attitude

  3. mentally slow or dull

  4. not highly resonant: a wooden thud

verb
  1. (tr) Australian slang to fell or kill (a person or animal)

Derived forms of wooden

  • woodenly, adverb
  • woodenness, noun

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