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wooden
/ ˈʊə /
adjective
- made from or consisting of wood
- awkward or clumsy
- bereft of spirit or animation
a wooden expression
- obstinately unyielding
a wooden attitude
- mentally slow or dull
- not highly resonant
a wooden thud
verb
- slang.tr to fell or kill (a person or animal)
Derived Forms
- ˈɴǴǻԱ, adverb
- ˈɴǴǻԲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ɴǴǻIJ· adverb
- ɴǴǻIJ·Ա noun
Example Sentences
Last year, however, Pope Francis requested that he be buried in a simpler wooden coffin with a zinc interior.
From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape.
Several queued outside wooden booths, each topped with a sign indicating in which languages the priests inside could hear confessions.
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.
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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