woodwork
objects or parts made of wood.
the interior wooden fittings, especially of a house, as doors, stairways, or moldings.
Idioms about woodwork
come out of the woodwork, Informal. to appear or materialize suddenly and unexpectedly: Since mortgage rates declined, prospective buyers have been coming out of the woodwork.
Origin of woodwork
1Words Nearby woodwork
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use woodwork in a sentence
The 18th-century estate is an exquisite ode to Rococo style with towering arched windows, hand-carved woodwork, and interior columns.
Rodin, a Cadaver, and the Scandal That Nearly Derailed Him | Erin Zaleski | November 19, 2021 | The Daily BeastThe more open you are about your values and your frustrations, the more kindred souls will come out of the woodwork.
We expect that a lot more women are going to come out of the woodwork who were done wrong by him.
“People want to believe”: How Love Fraud builds an absorbing docuseries around a romantic con man | Alissa Wilkinson | September 4, 2020 | VoxFor whatever reason, summertime in New York is when all the ghosts of hip-hop past come out of the woodwork.
Where Have All the Fat Rappers Gone? Or, How Hip-Hop Lost All the Weight. | Emilia Petrarca | August 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRomney seems to be bringing liberal Jews out of the woodwork.
Watch out for window frames and other woodwork picked out in shades of cream or gray-green.
While we obsessed over jobs and the national debt, it faded into the campaign woodwork.
Before the leaks and girlfriends come out of the woodwork, spill it.
The fine paneled woodwork in the interior of the palace and the antique tooled leather walls of the library are also noteworthy.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyOccasionally metal work or woodwork is used for intermediate piers.
A fine piece of woodwork is often spoiled by the amateur craftsman when starting a cut with a saw.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousThe volleys came thick and fast; the woodwork, strong as it was, began to be penetrated by the bullets.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge HemyngThen I heard someone outside my cabin-door working as though with a screwdriver, unscrewing a screw from the woodwork.
The Czar's Spy | William Le Queux
British Dictionary definitions for woodwork
/ (ˈwʊdˌwɜːk) /
the art, craft, or skill of making things in wood; carpentry
components made of wood, such as doors, staircases, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse