wooden

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On them are seated those whose countenances bear a resemblance to the furnishings of the room - wooden, aged, seldom exposed to natural daylight.

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  1. adjective Made or consisting of wood.
  2. adjective Stiff and unnatural; without spirit: a wooden performance; a wooden smile.
  3. adjective Clumsy and awkward; ungainly.

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  • "Even our Malay visitors, especially the young and urban who have seen and maybe lived in Malay wooden houses, have never really had the opportunity to stop and think why these houses are built like this," he added.
  • On them are seated those whose countenances bear a resemblance to the furnishings of the room - wooden, aged, seldom exposed to natural daylight. —  open source theology - Comments
  • The wreck of His Majesty's Colonial Schooner Mermaid was discovered by underwater archaeologists from the Australian National Maritime Museum on January 2, a day after the search for the wooden-hull vessel began. —  Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • Yustman's performance is oddly wooden, and it seems that all she's really required to do is look good while walking around at night. —  Metro Weekly (Newspaper Magazine of Gay and Lesbian DC)
  • He agreed that it's worth stripping back the the old paint from the wooden areas of the house and that preparation is everything. —  muppinstuff
 

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  1. Early modern English also wodden; from wood + -en.
 

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