wooden

• wodden (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʊdən/

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• Rhymes: -ʊdən

wooden (comparative more wooden, superlative most wooden)

1. Made of wood.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.

   a wooden boat

   On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.

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2. (figuratively) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.

   wooden acting

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