Definition of Wooden

Wood´en
a.1.Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.
2.Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.
His singing was, I confess, a little wooden.
- G. MacDonald.
Wooden spoon
a - (Cambridge University, Eng.) The last junior optime who takes a university degree, - denoting one who is only fit to stay at home and stir porridge.
b - In some American colleges, the lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies.
- Macaulay.
Wooden ware
a general name for buckets, bowls, and other articles of domestic use, made of wood.
Wooden wedding
See under Wedding.


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