Phrase Hound found 37 phrases and 16 compound words that contain wooden. The most common are listed below. Open wooden in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 37
- wooden spoonA spoon made from wood, commonly used in food preparation.
- wooden fishA wooden percussion instrument played by monks and lay people in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition in China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.
- wooden nickelA wooden token that is manufactured and distributed by a particular business as an advertising gimmick or which can be exchanged for goods, many of which have now become collector's items.
- wooden languageSpeech or writing that is overly abstract, vague, metaphorical or pretentious in order to avoid addressing salient issues.
- wooden horseA toy horse made of wood.
- wooden legA stick used as a substitute for somebody who has lost a leg.
- wooden nutmegSynonym of wooden nickel (“a worthless item intended to appear like another of value”).
- wooden coatSynonym of coffin: A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
- wooden anniversaryThe 5th anniversary of some event, particularly a wedding.
- wooden legsplural of wooden leg: A stick used as a substitute for somebody who has lost a leg.
- wooden overcoatAlternative form of wooden coat: A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
- wooden earTone-deafness of any kind.
- wooden-topA uniformed police officer.
- wooden spoonsplural of wooden spoon: A spoon made from wood, commonly used in food preparation.
- wooden nickelsplural of wooden nickel: A wooden token that is manufactured and distributed by a particular business as an advertising gimmick or which can be exchanged for goods, many of which have now become collector's items.
- wooden overcoatsplural of wooden overcoat: A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
- wooden kimonoSynonym of coffin: A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
- wooden horsesplural of wooden horse: A toy horse made of wood.
- wooden spoonistSynonym of wooden spooner: a last-place finisher.
- wooden-topsplural of wooden-top: A uniformed police officer.
- wooden spoonerThe "winner" of a wooden spoon: someone who finishes last in a competition or a member of a team that finishes last in a competition.
- wooden-headedstupid; mentally dull
- wooden-leggedHaving a wooden leg.
- wooden coatsplural of wooden coat: A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
- wooden wedgeSynonym of wedge: the person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
Compound words 16
- woodenwareArticles made from wood.
- nonwoodenNot wooden.
- unwoodenNot made of wood; not wooden.
- woodenheadA stupid person; a blockhead.
- woodenheadedStupid, as though having wood for brains; blockheaded.
- woodenishSomewhat wooden.
- woodenySomewhat wooden.
- woodennessThe state of being wooden (often in a figurative sense).
- woodenestsuperlative form of wooden: most wooden
- WoodenbongA locality in the Kyogle council area and the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.