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wooden Definition

wooden (wo̵od'n)

adjective

  1. made of or consisting of wood
  2. stiff, lifeless, expressionless, etc., as if made of wood
  3. dull; insensitive

wooden Related Forms
wood·enly adverb wood·en·ness noun
wooden Synonyms

wooden

modif.

  1. Made of wood

    wood, frame, frame-built, log-built, board, boarded, clapboard, clapboarded, plank, built of slabs; pine, oak, elm, ash, mahogany, etc.

  2. Having the characteristics of wood

    flammable, inflammable, stiff, clumsy, resinous, temporary, hard, destructible, buoyant.

wooden Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • mainly: A Cathedral was begun in 1136, but this mainly wooden structure was destroyed by fire forty years later.
  • only: One final interesting note: Honfleur boasts Franceâs only wooden church.
  • totally: No, sorry - she just appears totally wooden to me.
  • even: Even wooden plates and drinking vessels ( now almost entirely disappeared ) were still in common use.
  • all: Part is high-tech, part is all done in marble, and another area was all wooden.
  • still: The seats in the main stand are still wooden, and one end of the terracing is not covered.

Modifies a noun

  • spoon: Now mix to a dough, starting with a wooden spoon also use your hands.
  • toy: Like every toy, wooden toys get worn out.
  • flooring: The spacious bedroom is twin bedded with reclaimed wooden flooring.
  • hut: Wooden huts, raised up on stilts against the dampness, begin to be illuminated.
  • floor: Bright aspect, well equipped kitchen, electric heating, wooden floors in 2 main rooms, 2 phone lines.
  • bench: We were upstairs on wooden benches which was not terribly comfortable or atmospheric.

Used with adjective complement

  • carve: A carved wooden Buddha overlooks the shaded central garden courtyard, which is surrounded by eight rooms with canopy beds and colonial-style interiors.
  • use: We also note the desire to use wooden framed glazing units.
  • make: In others, however, the clogmaker was a specialized craftsman, concerned only with making wooden soled clogs.
  • craft: These hand crafted wooden nesting dolls can be displayed lined up in a row, or stored neatly inside each other.
  • restore: It can also be used diluted for cleaning and restoring wooden surfaces.
  • appear: No, sorry - she just appears totally wooden to me.
wooden Quotes

Wooden legs are not inherited but wooden heads may be.

—Conklin, Edwin G(rant)

To the Glorious,Pious, and Immortal Memory of King William theThird,Prince of Orange, who delivered us from Popes and Popery, Knaves and Knavery, Slaves and Slavery, Brass Money, and Wooden Shoes, and He that Will Not Take thisToast May He Be Damn'd,Cramm'd, and Jamm'd Down the Great Gun of Athlone, and the Gun Fired in the Pope's Belly, and the Pope Fired in the Devil's Belly, and the Devil Fired into Hell, and the Door Lock'd, and the Key Forever in the Pocket of a Stout Orangeman. And Here's a Fart for the Bishop of Cork!

—Anonymous

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