wooden

adjective

Made or consisting of wood.

adjective

Stiff and unnatural; without spirit.

adjective

Clumsy and awkward; ungainly.

Made of wood; consisting of wood.

Stiff; ungainly; clumsy; awkward; spirit less; expressionless: as, a wooden stare.

Dull; stupid, as if with no more sensation than wood.

Of the woods; sylvan.

An instrument of military punishment consisting of a beam or timber, sometimes set with sharp points, upon which the culprit was compelled to sit astride, having in some instances weights tied to his feet.

See spoon.

=Syn.1. See leaden.