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wooden

/ˈwʊdn̩/ adjective A2
  1. Made of wood. · a wooden boat· On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.
  2. As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion. (figuratively) · wooden acting
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A stone-flagged passage, with the kitchens branching away from it, led by a wooden staircase directly to the first floor of the house.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 43 · B2
They were standing on the bank of the pond, below Orchard Slope, where a little headland fringed with birches ran out from the bank; at its tip was a small wooden platform built out into the water for the convenience of fishermen and duck hunters.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 220 · C1
A wooden spade they gave to me
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 1 · C1
At one side of this was a squat, brass-bound wooden box, the lid of which was hinged upwards, with this curious old-fashioned key projecting from the lock.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 21 · B2

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