Definitions for Wooden
ˈwʊd nwood·en

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. woodenadjective

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

   "a wooden box"; "an ancient cart with wooden wheels"

2. woodenadjective

   lacking ease or grace

   "the actor's performance was wooden"; "a wooden smile"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. woodenadjective

   Made of wood: "a wooden boat".

2. woodenadjective

   As if made of wood (figuratively):

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Woodenadjective

   Etymology: from wood.

   1. Ligneous; made of wood; timber.

   Like a strutting player, whose conceit
   Lies in his hamstring, he doth think it rich
   To hear the wooden dialogue and sound
   ’Twixt his stretch’d footing and the scaffoldage. William Shakespeare.

   They used to vault or leap up; and therefore they had wooden horses in their houses and abroad. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   Press’d with the burden, Cæneus pants for breath;
   And on his shoulders bears the wooden death. Dryden.

   The haberdasher stole off his hat that hung upon a wooden peg. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   2. Clumsy; awkward.

   I’ll win this lady Margaret: for whom?
   Why, for my king: tush, that’s a wooden thing. William Shakespeare.

   When a bold man is out of countenance, he makes a very wooden figure on it. Jeremy Collier, of Confidence.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Woodenadjective

   made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding

2. Woodenadjective

   clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WOODEN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wooden is ranked #4702 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Wooden surname appeared 7,547 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Wooden.
   
   51.7% or 3,903 total occurrences were White.
   41.9% or 3,165 total occurrences were Black.
   2.9% or 224 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.1% or 164 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.7% or 57 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 34 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Wooden' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2874

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Wooden' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3134

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Wooden' in Adjectives Frequency: #385

Anagrams for Wooden »

1. Ewondo

2. enwood

How to pronounce Wooden?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Wooden in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Wooden in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Wooden in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Wooden in a Sentence

1. Ashan Azad:

   I only touched one guy, I smacked him, I saw Haider Anjam take out the wooden cricket bats from the trunk.

2. Dick Bryce:

   He'd talk the leg off a wooden indian.

3. Mike Hollman:

   The old wooden poles at the end of the beach have always been one of my favorite places to photograph.

4. Rene Redzepi:

   But most of the times we are out now foraging for work, we go there and it's like harvest time. It isn't as romantic as you think where you are with your little wooden basket, picking things while listening to music and soaking in the sun.

5. Grzegorz Nowik:

   Pupils are not interested when I explain the lift of a wooden block floating on water, i told them it was a joke while saying words to be written down.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Wooden
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wooden
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Wooden
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wooden
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html