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wooden.

Made of wood.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈwʊdn̩/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈwɵdn̩/British, Southern, Standard/ˈwʉdn̩/Northern-Ireland, Scotland
  1. Made of wood.

    a wooden boat
    On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.
  2. As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.

    figuratively
    wooden acting
Where this word comes from

PIE word *dwóh₁ From wood + -en. Dates from 1530s, gradually replaced treen (“made from a tree”), from Middle English treen, from Old English triewen.

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