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wooden

[ wood-n ]

adjective

  1. consisting or made of wood; wood:

    a wooden ship.

  2. stiff, ungainly, or awkward:

    a wooden gait.

  3. without spirit, animation, or awareness.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  4. dull or stupid.
  5. indicating the fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.


wooden

/ ˈʊə /

adjective

  1. made from or consisting of wood
  2. awkward or clumsy
  3. bereft of spirit or animation

    a wooden expression

  4. obstinately unyielding

    a wooden attitude

  5. mentally slow or dull
  6. not highly resonant

    a wooden thud

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. slang.
    tr to fell or kill (a person or animal)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɴǴǻԱ, adverb
  • ˈɴǴǻԲԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ɴǴǻIJ· adverb
  • ɴǴǻIJ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wooden1

First recorded in 1530–40; wood 1 + -en 2
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Example Sentences

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Last year, however, Pope Francis requested that he be buried in a simpler wooden coffin with a zinc interior.

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From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape.

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Several queued outside wooden booths, each topped with a sign indicating in which languages the priests inside could hear confessions.

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The tree-chopping vandal sparked great intrigue and outrage when residents spotted the wooden carnage on South Grand Avenue and other areas of city-owned property over the weekend.

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Last year, Francis changed the practice of popes being buried in three coffins to only two: a wooden coffin with a zinc coffin inside, PBS reported.

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