wooden
Made of lumber
Wooden describes things made of wood: a wooden chair, a wooden fence.
The figurative sense captures the qualities of wood as a material—stiff, inflexible, lacking life.
A wooden performance is awkward and unnatural.
A wooden expression shows no emotion.
Someone described as wooden seems robotic or unable to convey feeling: His delivery was wooden and unconvincing.
Sawn wood for building
- plywoodEngineered layered wood panels
- oakQuercus genus member
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
- mahoganyReddish-brown tropical lumber
cedar · maple · walnut · teak · balsa · veneer · hardwood · softwood
Not easily bent
- poker-facedShowing no emotion
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- blankWithout marks or content
stilted · robotic · awkward · unnatural · mechanical · lifeless · flat · rigid
Woody plants with trunks
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- groveSmall stand of trees
- woodlandForested land area
- timberWood for construction
logs · bark · branches · roots · saplings · thicket · copse · deadfall
Shaping by cutting away
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
- joineryFitting wood pieces together
- marquetryDecorative veneer patterning
- intarsiaDecorative inlaid pattern technique
inlay · carpentry · cabinetry · lathe · chisel · handcrafted · artisan · dovetail
Quality from past eras
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- patinaSurface film from aging
- VictorianOf a prim era
- colonialOf occupied territories
rustic · weathered · restoration · collectible · ornate · classic · nostalgic · distressed
lumber
Sawn wood for building
mahogany · cedar · maple · walnut · teak · balsa · veneer · hardwood · softwood · beech
stiff
Not easily bent
- poker-facedShowing no emotion
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
blank · stilted · robotic · awkward · unnatural · mechanical · lifeless · flat · rigid · halting
trees
Woody plants with trunks
timber · logs · bark · branches · roots · saplings · thicket · copse · deadfall · undergrowth
carving
Shaping by cutting away
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
- joineryFitting wood pieces together
- marquetryDecorative veneer patterning
intarsia · inlay · carpentry · cabinetry · lathe · chisel · handcrafted · artisan · dovetail · mortise
vintage
Quality from past eras
colonial · rustic · weathered · restoration · collectible · ornate · classic · nostalgic · distressed · reclaimed
- furniture traitsupholstered, cushioned, padded, comfortable, sturdy
- property traitsspacious, cozy, rundown, dilapidated, vacant
- utensil characteristicssharp, dull, serrated, pointed, slotted
- columnspillar, column, pillars, shaft, shafts
- puppet traitsstrings, jointed, fabric, hand-operated, hinged
- knock-knockswho's there, boo, lettuce, orange you glad, olive
- knock on woodSuperstitious phrase averting jinx
- out of the woodsBeyond immediate danger
- wooden stickRigid timber length
- wooden legTimber limb replacement
- knocking on woodSuperstitious protective gesture
- wooden spoonCarved cooking utensil
wood, woods, wooded, woody, woodwork, woodpecker, woodsy, woodcutter, woodenly