wooden
Americanadjective
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consisting or made of wood.
a wooden ship.
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stiff, ungainly, or awkward.
a wooden gait.
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without spirit, animation, or awareness.
- Synonyms:
- impassive, lifeless, vacant, expressionless
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dull or stupid.
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indicating the fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.
adjective
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made from or consisting of wood
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awkward or clumsy
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bereft of spirit or animation
a wooden expression
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obstinately unyielding
a wooden attitude
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mentally slow or dull
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not highly resonant
a wooden thud
verb
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They’ve raised concerns about a sunshade placed over the dock, a wooden walkway to connect the restaurant to handicap parking spots, and a wedding that was held on site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Inside, I do a double-take: the men working inside are hammering together wooden coffins.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Sitting in the shade, Oleksandr was looking over his goods -- paintings, electronic components, toys and old phones -- laid out on wooden blanks on the tarmac.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Having the brilliant Tom Brooke next to me was like walking around with a wooden door that I constantly tried to run up, like that guy in “Singin’ in the Rain.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The downtown flattened out to weedy lots strewn between plain brick and wooden clapboard buildings.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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