Wooden

//ˈwʊdn̩// adj, name

adj, name ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of wood.

    "a wooden boat"

  2. 2
    As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion. figuratively

    "wooden acting"

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking ease or grace wordnet
  2. 2
    made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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awkwardmundanearidbanalbarrenblah

Example

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"The hermit lived in a wooden hut."

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From wood + -en. Dates from 1530s, gradually replaced treen (“made from a tree”), from Middle English treen, from Old English triewen.

Related phrases

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