wooden counter

It entered Old French sometime in the 1300s as (from ), and was used to describe the table where sales and banking occurred, where things were counted by a counter. The counter (person) used the counter (object) to count upon. Technically, “wooden” is an adjective while “wood” here is a noun used attributively—that is as an adjective. When a noun like “wood” is used adjectivally, it's often referred to as an attributive noun, a noun adjunct, or a noun premodifier. In general, adjectives are more flexible than attributive nouns. The wooden door had been cleft in two. 2) They crush the olives with a heavy wooden press. 3) They removed the picture from its wooden frame. 4) The film is spoiled by some very wooden acting.