wooden

Etymology

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

adj

  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. Audio (US) (file)
    In such a case, you can make a very good case for wooden cases.
    The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…] 8 October 2012, Daniel W. Patterson, The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry, UNC Press Books, page 141
  2. (figurative) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.
    wooden acting

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