Wooden

Word WOODEN
Character 6
Hyphenation wood en
Pronunciations /ˈwʊdən/

Definitions and meanings of "Wooden"

What do we mean by wooden?

Made or consisting of wood. adjective

Stiff and unnatural; without spirit. adjective

Clumsy and awkward; ungainly. adjective

Made of wood; consisting of wood.

Stiff; ungainly; clumsy; awkward; spirit less; expressionless: as, a wooden stare.

Dull; stupid, as if with no more sensation than wood.

Of the woods; sylvan.

An instrument of military punishment consisting of a beam or timber, sometimes set with sharp points, upon which the culprit was compelled to sit astride, having in some instances weights tied to his feet.

See spoon.

=Syn.1. See leaden.

Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood. adjective

Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless. adjective

In some American colleges, the lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies. adjective

A general name for buckets, bowls, and other articles of domestic use, made of wood. adjective

See under Wedding. adjective

Made of wood: "a wooden boat". adjective

As if made of wood (figuratively): adjective

Lacking ease or grace adjective

Made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood adjective

Made of wood.

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Wooden

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The word "wooden" in example sentences

Time has also dealt leniently with the picture, for it is as clear and bright as the day it was painted, and is carefully preserved in its original frame, into which a sliding wooden panel is made to fit and cover it: the outside being emblazoned with the _armes parlantes_ of the family of Holzschuher -- a _wooden shoe_, raised from the ground in the manner of the Venetian _chopine_. ❋ Unknown (1840)

In Full Moon, Mam is desperate to be an actress but gives an entirely new meaning to the word "wooden" - and the fact my late mother wanted desperately to act, and enjoyed amateur dramatics until she got too old to remember her lines, bless her, is equally beside the point. ❋ WalesOnline (2011)

I don't have a peel yet that's what you call the wooden thing, but I just rolled out the dough on a well-floured thin plastic mat that you use for rolling out pie dough, etc.. ❋ Bryanna Clark Grogan (2008)

No matter what grade classroom you teach in, having literacy based designs in wooden classroom furniture can help enhance … ❋ Unknown (2010)

The torment he feels over this contradiction eats at him as people he could have easily saved at his high tech hospital die on his plain wooden table, but it becomes so much worse when the Amish girl he has come to love falls gravely ill. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once it's distilled, it's aged in wooden barrels -- both new barrels and used ones that have contained everything from sherry to bourbon -- which affects the color and flavor of the finished product. ❋ Tony Sachs (2010)

We were taken to a wooded area on a long bumpy dirt road, placed in wooden cages with wooden bars. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Besides this, the tubs are available in wooden finish. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A plain wooden table, surrounded by obviously homemade chairs was framed by a stone fireplace with a small fire in it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They have a large pleasant day - and dining-room and sleep in wooden double tier beds with two blankets each. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Morning sessions were followed by huge lunches in wooden huts perched on the shoulders of the mountains – restaurants such as Sigmund's (Gasthof Schwaiger) and Gasthof Tiroler. ❋ Martin Love (2010)

The prisoners wash themselves in wooden buckets arranged under a pent-house at one extremity of the hutment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The rest were held in wooden huts, each holding about thirty. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Note 4: These libraries were portable, shipped in wooden boxes, and consisted of a wide range of books. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Many recently built houses take what structural integrity they have from drywall — their thin wooden frames are too flimsy to hold the houses up. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The table is available in wooden and high gloss surface. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Allied officers at Burg also lived in wooden barracks. 3 ❋ Unknown (2008)

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