Wooden /(?)/
Wood·en
Wooden
a.
- Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.
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Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.
When a bold man is out of countenance, he makes a very wooden figure on it.
His singing was, I confess, a little wooden.
Phrases & Compounds
- Wooden spoon
- The last junior optime who takes a university degree, -- denoting one who is only fit to stay at home and stir porridge.
- Wooden ware
- a general name for buckets, bowls, and other articles of domestic use, made of wood.
- Wooden wedding
- See under Wedding.