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woodwork Noun 1. the parts of a room or house that are made of wood, such as the doors and window frames: stark white walls and blue woodwork 2. the art or craft of making objects from wood 3. crawl out of the woodwork to appear suddenly and in large numbers: intellectuals and environmentalists crawled out of the woodwork
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Translations (craft, subject) → falegnameria |
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Clutching the woodwork of the galley for support,--and I confess the grease with which it was scummed put my teeth on edge,--I reached across a hot cooking-range to the offending utensil, unhooked it, and wedged it securely into the coal-box. While the train flashed through never-ending miles of ripe wheat, by country towns and bright-flowered pastures and oak groves wilting in the sun, we sat in the observation car, where the woodwork was hot to the touch and red dust lay deep over everything. The river banks were rather high, and the bridge, instead of rising, went across just level, so that in the middle, if the river was full, the water would be nearly up to the woodwork and planks; but as there were good substantial rails on each side, people did not mind it. |
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