WOODEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wooden mean? 

• WOODEN (adjective)
  The adjective WOODEN has 2 senses:

1. made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood

2. lacking ease or grace

  Familiarity information: WOODEN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOODEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood

Context example:

an ancient cart with wooden wheels

Similar:

woody (made of or containing or resembling wood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lacking ease or grace

Context example:

a wooden smile

Similar:

awkward (lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance)

Derivation:

woodenness (the quality of being wooden and awkward)

 Context examples 

Has that fellow”—to the man with the wooden leg—“been here again?”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And he is a man with a wooden leg?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

How hollow it sounded when we jumped down on to the wooden floor!

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A cold and melancholy walk of a couple of miles brought us to a high wooden gate, which opened into a gloomy avenue of chestnuts.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No, it was for something in that wooden bureau.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My fear was justified when I saw the same cart which had passed before coming down the road, having on it some great wooden boxes.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Now it has, you see, been twice mended, once in the wooden stem and once in the amber.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground, used as an aid while walking.

(Crutch, NCI Thesaurus)

The other tomb has a 6-meter burial shaft "leading to four side chambers," which contained artifacts including fragments of wooden coffins.

(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)

From this high window you may catch a glimpse over the wooden point and the smoke of Bucklershard of the mouth of the Exe, and the shining sea.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)