wooden

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lacking ease or grace

   the actor's performance was wooden

2. 2
   adj

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

   a wooden box

3. 3
   adj

   Made of wood.

   a wooden boat

4. 4
   adj

   As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.

   wooden acting

5. 5
   name

   A surname.

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.