Collocations for "wooden"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wooden" in context.
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wooden
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a wooden [spoon, chair, table, toy, case, pallet, boat, house]
- wooden [furniture, construction, utensils, floorboards]
- [walks, uses, gets around] with a wooden [cane, stick]
- has wooden [parts, components, sections]
- [has, uses, with] a wooden leg
- sports: to avoid (getting) the wooden spoon
- the [acting, performance, dialogue] feels wooden
- gave a wooden [performance, answer, reply, response]
'wooden' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
altar
- architecture
- armchair
- barn
- barrel
- bead
- beam
- bench
- block
- board
- bow
- bowl
- bridge
- cabinet
- cart
- chest
- churn
- clog
- club
- coaster
- coffin
- container
- cot
- craft
- crate
- crib
- cross
- deck
- door
- driver
- enclosure
- erection
- fence
- fitting
- flute
- frame
- hull
- keep
- key
- knob
- ladder
- ladle
- lug
- mask
- mortar
- oar
- pellet
- plank
- platform
- post