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woodwork

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wood·work  (wdwûrk)
n.
Objects made of or work done in wood, especially wooden interior fittings in a house, as moldings, doors, staircases, or windowsills.
Idiom:
out of the woodwork
Out of obscurity or a place of seclusion: People were coming out of the woodwork to apply for the desirable job.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.woodwork - work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture
cabinetwork - woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker
joinery - fine woodwork done by a joiner
millwork - woodwork that has been machined at a mill
piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"
2.woodworkwoodwork - the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood
craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
cabinetry, cabinetwork - the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality)
cabinetmaking, joinery - the craft of a joiner
stud - provide with or construct with studs; "stud the wall"
dado - cut a dado into or fit into a dado
dado - provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room"
articulate, joint - provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood"
Translations
Spanish woodwork [ˈwudwəːk] ncarpintería
French woodwork [ˈwudwəːk] wood nmenuiserie f
German woodwork [ˈwudwəːk] wood n (skill) → Holzarbeiten pl
Italian woodwork [ˈwudwəːk] nparti fpl in legno;
(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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