wooden

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
  2. adjective lacking ease or grace

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.

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