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Meaning of 'wooden' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wooden [ a.]
- Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.
- Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.

Meaning of 'wooden' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wooden [ s]
Meaning (1):
- made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
Example in sentence:
  • a wooden box;
  • an ancient cart with wooden wheels
Meaning (2):
- lacking ease or grace
Example in sentence:
  • a wooden smile;
  • the actor's performance was wooden

Nearby Words:

woo wood wood tick wood's metal wood-bound wood-layer wood-note wood-sare wood-sere wood-wash

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