"wooden" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwʊdən/ Audio: en-us-wooden.ogg [US] Forms: more wooden [comparative], most wooden [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʊdən Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From wood + -en. Dates from 1530s, gradually replaced treen (“made from a tree”), from Middle English treen, from Old English triewen. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}} *dwóh₁, {{PIE word|en|dwóh₁}} PIE word *dwóh₁, {{suffix|en|wood|en|id2=made of}} wood + -en, {{m|en|treen||made from a tree}} treen (“made from a tree”), {{noncog|enm|treen}} Middle English treen, {{noncog|ang|triewen}} Old English triewen Head templates: {{en-adj}} wooden (comparative more wooden, superlative most wooden)
  1. Made of wood. Translations (made of wood): ξύλινος (xúlinos) (Ancient Greek), ξυλικός (xulikós) (Ancient Greek), κάλινος (kálinos) (Ancient Greek), ἔγξυλος (énxulos) (Ancient Greek), δορήϊος (dorḗïos) (Ancient Greek), δουράτεος (douráteos) (english: made of wooden planks) (Ancient Greek), δούρειος (doúreios) (Ancient Greek), δούριος (doúrios) (Ancient Greek), خَشَبِيّ (ḵašabiyy) (Arabic), փայտե (pʿayte) (Armenian), փայտյա (pʿaytya) (Armenian), дрэ́ўны (dréŭny) (Belarusian), драўня́ны (draŭnjány) (Belarusian), драўля́ны (draŭljány) (Belarusian), дъ́рвен (dǎ́rven) (Bulgarian), de fusta (Catalan), 木製 (Chinese Mandarin), 木制 (mùzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), taqta (Crimean Tatar), dřevěný (Czech), houten (Dutch), ligna (Esperanto), puinen (Finnish), en bois (French), boisé (French), legnôs (Friulian), de madeira (Galician), hölzern (German), Holz- (German), 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (triweins) (Gothic), ξύλινος (xýlinos) (Greek), tré- (Icelandic), úr tré (Icelandic), puin (Ingrian), puukas (Ingrian), di legno (Italian), ligneo (Italian), 木製 (mokusei) (alt: もくせい) (Japanese), 목조 (mokjo) (Korean), ligneus (Latin), medinis (Lithuanian), hëlzen (Luxembourgish), дрвен (drven) (Macedonian), darîn (Northern Kurdish), triewen (Old English), آغاج (ağac) (Ottoman Turkish), چوبی (čubi) (Persian), چوبین (čubin) (Persian), drewniany (Polish), lenhoso (Portuguese), de madeira (Portuguese), lemnos (Romanian), de lemn (Romanian), деревя́нный (derevjánnyj) (Russian), др̏вен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), dȑven [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), drevený (Slovak), lesén [masculine] (Slovene), de madera (Spanish), trä- (Swedish), కలప (kalapa) (Telugu), oraṣṣe (Tocharian B), tahta (Turkish), дерев'я́ний (derevʺjányj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-wooden-en-adj-tLnWlI-K Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -en (made of) Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (made of): 59 41 Disambiguation of 'made of wood': 66 34
  2. (figuratively) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion. Tags: figuratively Translations (figuratively): вдървен (vdǎrven) (Bulgarian), 呆板 (dāibǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), houterig (Dutch), puiseva (Finnish), raide (French), hölzern (German), 木偶の坊 (dekunobō) (Japanese), 無表情 (muhyōjō) (Japanese), дрвен (drven) (Macedonian), деревя́нный (derevjánnyj) (Russian), acartonado (Spanish), träaktig (Swedish), odun (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-wooden-en-adj-4VJ3o6cR Disambiguation of 'figuratively': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wodden [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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      "word": "don't take any wooden nickels"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wooden anniversary"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Woodenbridge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wooden coat"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "wooden-headed"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "wooden kimono"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wooden language"
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      "word": "wooden leg"
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      "word": "wooden mare"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "woodenness"
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      "word": "wooden nickel"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wooden nutmeg"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wooden overcoat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wooden spoon"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wooden spooner"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wooden spoonist"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wooden surtout"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "woodentop"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wooden-top"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "comparative"
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        "superlative"
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          "text": "a wooden boat",
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          "text": "On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.\nAudio (US) (file)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "In such a case, you can make a very good case for wooden cases.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 October 8, Daniel W. Patterson, The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry, UNC Press Books, page 141",
          "text": "The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]",
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          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḵašabiyy",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "خَشَبِيّ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pʿayte",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "փայտե"
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          "_dis1": "66 34",
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          "roman": "pʿaytya",
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          "word": "փայտյա"
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          "roman": "dréŭny",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "дрэ́ўны"
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          "roman": "draŭnjány",
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          "word": "драўня́ны"
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          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "draŭljány",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "драўля́ны"
        },
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          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dǎ́rven",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "дъ́рвен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "de fusta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "木製"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mùzhì",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "木制"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "taqta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "dřevěný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "houten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "ligna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "puinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "en bois"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "boisé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "legnôs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "de madeira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "hölzern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "Holz-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "triweins",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "𐍄𐍂𐌹𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "xýlinos",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "ξύλινος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "xúlinos",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "ξύλινος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "xulikós",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "ξυλικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kálinos",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "κάλινος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "énxulos",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "ἔγξυλος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "dorḗïos",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "δορήϊος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "grc",
          "english": "made of wooden planks",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "douráteos",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "δουράτεος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "doúreios",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "δούρειος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "doúrios",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "δούριος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "tré-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "úr tré"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "puin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "puukas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "di legno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "ligneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "alt": "もくせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mokusei",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "木製"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mokjo",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "목조"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "darîn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "ligneus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "medinis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "hëlzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "drven",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "дрвен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "triewen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "ağac",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "آغاج"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "čubi",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "چوبی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "čubin",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "چوبین"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "drewniany"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "lenhoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "de madeira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "lemnos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "de lemn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "derevjánnyj",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "деревя́нный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "др̏вен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "dȑven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "drevený"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lesén"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "de madera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "trä-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "kalapa",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "కలప"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "oraṣṣe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "tahta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "derevʺjányj",
          "sense": "made of wood",
          "word": "дерев'я́ний"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "wooden acting",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion."
      ],
      "id": "en-wooden-en-adj-4VJ3o6cR",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vdǎrven",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "вдървен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dāibǎn",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "呆板"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "houterig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "puiseva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "raide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "hölzern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dekunobō",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "木偶の坊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "muhyōjō",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "無表情"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "drven",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "дрвен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "derevjánnyj",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "деревя́нный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "acartonado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "träaktig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "figuratively",
          "word": "odun"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwʊdən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊdən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-wooden.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/En-us-wooden.ogg/En-us-wooden.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/En-us-wooden.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "wodden"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wooden"
}
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    "English adjectives",
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *dwóh₁",
    "English terms suffixed with -en (made of)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ʊdən",
    "Rhymes:English/ʊdən/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "don't take any wooden nickels"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden anniversary"
    },
    {
      "word": "Woodenbridge"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden coat"
    },
    {
      "word": "woodener"
    },
    {
      "word": "woodenest"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden fish"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden-headed"
    },
    {
      "word": "woodenheaded"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden horse"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden kimono"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden language"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden leg"
    },
    {
      "word": "woodenly"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden mare"
    },
    {
      "word": "woodenness"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden nickel"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden nutmeg"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden overcoat"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden spoon"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden spooner"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden spoonist"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden surtout"
    },
    {
      "word": "woodentop"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden-top"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooden wedge"
    }
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        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*dwóh₁"
      },
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      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dwóh₁"
      },
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      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wood",
        "3": "en",
        "id2": "made of"
      },
      "expansion": "wood + -en",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "treen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "made from a tree"
      },
      "expansion": "treen (“made from a tree”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "treen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English treen",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "triewen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English triewen",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *dwóh₁\nFrom wood + -en. Dates from 1530s, gradually replaced treen (“made from a tree”), from Middle English treen, from Old English triewen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more wooden",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most wooden",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a wooden boat",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.\nAudio (US) (file)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "In such a case, you can make a very good case for wooden cases.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 October 8, Daniel W. Patterson, The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry, UNC Press Books, page 141",
          "text": "The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Made of wood."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wood",
          "wood"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "wooden acting",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwʊdən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊdən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-wooden.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/En-us-wooden.ogg/En-us-wooden.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/En-us-wooden.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "wodden"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵašabiyy",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "خَشَبِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʿayte",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "փայտե"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʿaytya",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "փայտյա"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dréŭny",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "дрэ́ўны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "draŭnjány",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "драўня́ны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "draŭljány",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "драўля́ны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dǎ́rven",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "дъ́рвен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "de fusta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "木製"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mùzhì",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "木制"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "taqta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "dřevěný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "houten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "ligna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "puinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "en bois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "boisé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "legnôs"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "de madeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "hölzern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "Holz-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "hölzern"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "triweins",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "𐍄𐍂𐌹𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xýlinos",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "ξύλινος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "xúlinos",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "ξύλινος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "xulikós",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "ξυλικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kálinos",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "κάλινος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "énxulos",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "ἔγξυλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "dorḗïos",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "δορήϊος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "english": "made of wooden planks",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "douráteos",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "δουράτεος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "doúreios",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "δούρειος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "doúrios",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "δούριος"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "tré-"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "úr tré"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "puin"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "puukas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "di legno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "ligneo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "もくせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mokusei",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "木製"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mokjo",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "목조"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "darîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "ligneus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "medinis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "hëlzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "drven",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "дрвен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "triewen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ağac",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "آغاج"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čubi",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "چوبی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čubin",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "چوبین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "drewniany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "lenhoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "de madeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "lemnos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "de lemn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "derevjánnyj",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "деревя́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "др̏вен"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "dȑven"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "drevený"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lesén"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "de madera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "trä-"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kalapa",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "కలప"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "oraṣṣe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "tahta"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "derevʺjányj",
      "sense": "made of wood",
      "word": "дерев'я́ний"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vdǎrven",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "вдървен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dāibǎn",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "呆板"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "houterig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "puiseva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "raide"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "hölzern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dekunobō",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "木偶の坊"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muhyōjō",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "無表情"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "drven",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "дрвен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "derevjánnyj",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "деревя́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "acartonado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "träaktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "odun"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wooden"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.