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wooden
What does wooden mean?
wooden (adjective): made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use wooden in a sentence?
- On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce wooden?
/ˈwʊdn̩/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does wooden come from?
From wood + -en.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better
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made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
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capable of operating without external control or intervention
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not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
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