different between wooden vs wainscot

English

Alternative forms

• wodden (obsolete)

Etymology

From wood +? -en. Dates from 1530s, gradually replaced treen (“made from a tree”), from Middle English treen, from Old English triewen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?d?n/
• Rhymes: -?d?n

Adjective

wooden (comparative more wooden, superlative most wooden)

1. Made of wood.
2. (figuratively) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.

Derived terms

• woodenness

Translations

Anagrams

• Ewondo

English

Etymology

From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) + schot, believed to mean “partition”.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?we?nsk?t/

Noun

wainscot (plural wainscots)

1. (architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
2. Any of various noctuid moths.

Synonyms

• panelling (uncountable)

Translations

Verb

wainscot (third-person singular simple present wainscots, present participle wainscotting, simple past and past participle wainscotted)

1. To decorate a wall with a wainscot.

Translations