woodwork
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woodwork
- /ˈwʊdˌwɜːk/ UK
- /ˈwɵdˌwəːk/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈwʊdˌwɝk/ US
- /ˈwʉdˌwʌɾk/ Scotland
- /ˈwʉdˌwəɹk/ Northern Ireland
Where it comes from
From Middle English woodewerk (“carpentry”), equivalent to wood + work.
noun woodworks
- Something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork. Some woodwork and the plaster ceiling medallions have been duplicated to match the originals.
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Working with wood.
He does woodwork as a hobby.
Similar: woodworking
- A place of concealment or obscurity. out of the woodwork
- The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar. That goal was so close, it went in off the woodwork.
verb woodworks · woodworking · woodworked
- To go completely stealth as a transgender person. (From the idea of fading or blending into the woodwork.) "Instead of 'woodworking,' or disappearing into the mainstream — as we are capable of and qualified to do — we have chosen not to do so." Outside of the transsexual community, other changes were taking place that made it possible for[…]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: carpentry, carpenter, tomb, lumber, wood, drink, timber, bois, millwork, woodware, timberwork, woodcraft, kingwood, shopwork, woodenware, woodshop
Translations
Every language
noun handiwork of wood
| Deutsch | Holzverarbeitung |
|---|
noun wood product
| Español | maderamen, maderaje, carpintería |
|---|---|
| Português | madeirame |
| Deutsch | Holzarbeit |
noun working with wood
| Português | madeirame |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Tischlerei |
| Ελληνικά | ξυλουργική xylourgikí |
noun a woodworking shop or factory
| Español | carpintería |
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| Français | charpenterie |
| Deutsch | Schreinerei, Tischlerei |
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