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: expressionless, impassive, lifeless, vacant

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

wooden

/ ˈwʊdən /

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

verb

1. slang.
   tr to fell or kill (a person or animal)

Derived Forms

• ˈwoodenly, adverb
• ˈwoodenness, noun

Other Words From

• wooden·ly adverb
• wooden·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of wooden¹

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

Example Sentences

And cracked it is, a fine web of fractures disrupting the once soft and seamless surface — inevitable in an oil painting on wooden panel of its ancient age.

From Los Angeles Times

On the morning the Mountain fire erupted, wind gusts were so strong in Somis that several of the sturdy wooden boxes that housed Eduardo Flores’s bee colonies had already blown over.

From Los Angeles Times

If the experiment works out, wooden satellites could someday help lower pollution in space.

From NewsForKids.net

To create the satellite’s wooden panels, the team used a Japanese woodworking method called sashimono.

From NewsForKids.net

Most often Ms Chola is photographed in all her glamour outside - often sitting on an elegant wooden chair or lounging on a leather sofa.

From BBC