Wooden

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

Adj.	1.	wooden - made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood; "a wooden box"; "an ancient cart with wooden wheels"; "wood houses"; "a wood fire"
	2.	wooden - lacking ease or grace; "the actor's performance was wooden"; "a wooden smile"

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