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How to pronounce wooden in English?

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Derivation woodenness


the actor's performance was wooden.
a wooden smile.
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a wooden box.
an ancient cart with wooden wheels.

Examples of wooden

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At the bottom of the hill, find a small wooden structure advertising boat trips.
From the online.wsj.com
The wooden soldiers dance is amazing, and it's been part of the show since 1933.
From the sacbee.com
Hundreds sifted through thousands of wooden letters Saturday in downtown Tacoma.
From the thenewstribune.com
By night, stoke up the wood burner and dine alfresco on the wooden outdoor deck.
From the metro.co.uk
Forty-five wooden chalets line the south-western shores, flanked by two beaches.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The other is but a pair of legs built from wooden planks with railings for feet.
From the guardian.co.uk
There are shabby-chic wooden picture frames, too, but Bulwer warns me off these.
From the telegraph.co.uk
On the other side, only a wooden fence and part of the backyard had been burned.
From the kentucky.com
The men bunked on rough wooden platforms with dirty gray pillows and mattresses.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood; "a wooden box"; "an ancient cart with wooden wheels"
  • Lacking ease or grace; "the actor's performance was wooden"; "a wooden smile"
  • (woodenly) ungraciously: without grace; rigidly; "they moved woodenly"
  • (woodenness) the quality of being wooden and awkward; "he criticized the woodenness of the acting"; "there was a certain woodenness in his replies"
  • (wood) the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
  • (wood) forest: the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
  • Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many plants. It has been used for centuries for both fuel and as a construction material for several types of living areas such as houses, known as carpentry. ...
  • (The wood) The Wood is a 1999 romantic comedy, written by Rick Famuyiwa and Todd Boyd. Famuyiwa also directed the film, which stars Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, and Taye Diggs.
  • (The Wood (Max Ernst)) The Wood (1927) is a painting by the German surrealist Max Ernst.