- [usually before noun] made of wood
- a wooden box/door/floor
- This is a large double bedroom with polished wooden floorboards.
- Behind the house was a small wooden hut.
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- not showing enough natural expression, emotion or movement synonym stiff
- The actor playing the father was too wooden.
- Her voice sounded wooden and lifeless as she struggled to control her feelings.
Extra Examples- His likeness in this painting is curiously wooden.
- The director gets only wooden performances from the actors.
- The film has wooden acting and an appalling script.
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