wooden

[woo d-n] /ˈwʊd 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.
4.
dull or stupid.
5.
indicating the fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.
Origin
1530-40; wood1 + -en2
Related forms
woodenly, adverb
woodenness, noun
Synonyms
3. expressionless, vacant, lifeless, impassive.
Examples from the web for wooden
  • Maybe he made simpler examples by using twigs and little wooden sticks.
  • And there is this: a seaman's roughly made wooden trunk, perhaps four feet long, its exterior without significant decoration.
  • Each of the hand-selected wooden wagon wheels has been restored and made into a fully functioning timepiece.
  • It includes the world's largest wooden dome structure.
  • The next thing you notice is the line of wooden carts along the wall.
  • The anxiety of many job seekers shows through in their letters, usually in wooden, awkward prose.
  • In the machine shop, a wooden model airplane is being worked on by two students.
  • We looked at menus scribbled on round wooden paddles.
  • Chimney fires could beget larger blazes that would destroy blocks and blocks of wooden houses.
  • If somebody walked into my office now, they'd get a wooden duck straight between the eyes.
British Dictionary definitions for wooden

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
7.
(transitive) (Austral, slang) to fell or kill (a person or animal)
Derived Forms
woodenly, adverb
woodenness, noun
Word Origin and History for wooden
adj.

1530s, from wood (n.) + -en (2). Figurative use by 1560s. Related: Woodenly; woodenness.