Wooden vs Gribble - What's the difference?
wooden | gribble |
Made of wood.
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, title= (label) As if made of wood, moving awkwardly, unmoving.
Any of various wood-boring marine crustaceans of the genus , which cause damage to underwater wooden structures.
As a adjective wooden
is made of wood.As a noun gribble is
any of various wood-boring marine crustaceans of the genus , which cause damage to underwater wooden structures.wooden
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* (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}