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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Art of Play has defended how it treated the star on social media, saying the wooden bird - which is called Molly - is permanently attached to the wall and is not for sale.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
After tides swept away a portion of Long Beach’s historic wooden boardwalk Saturday, waves of saltwater rolled into a yellow two-story oceanfront house on Seaside Walk on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
In particular, birch tar would have helped them attach stone blades or points to wooden handles, a technique known as hafting.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
A few steps into the first event, an obstacle course, I whacked my knee on a large wooden box we were supposed to climb over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
A Concord stagecoach is a monster on huge wooden wheels.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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