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woodshop

American  
[wood-shahp] / ˈwʊdˌʃɑp /
Or wood shop

noun

  • woodshops
    plural
  1. a workshop where things are created out of wood.

  2. a class or course in which students learn to make things out of wood.

  3. the art or craft of making things out of wood.


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Practicing in a band, working in a woodshop — there’s a similar feeling.

From Salon May 23, 2025

The students are committed to finishing their projects, so they’ll sign up for an additional 12-week course, or continue their projects during BARN’s open woodshop hours.

From Seattle Times Aug. 2, 2023

Standing on a blanket of sawdust in the Los Angeles Fashion District woodshop she shares with two other woodworkers, Julie Jackson puts on a protective face shield and turns on her lathe.

From Los Angeles Times May 2, 2023

There’s big jug of purple liquid on one workbench with a hose sticking out of it, and some tools that could belong in a woodshop or dentist’s office.

From Slate Nov. 14, 2019

“Oh, you woodshop people. I need Lou to get her mind on other things right now.”

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

“So many people never knew they were artists until given the chance,” said Ira Nicholson, who works in one of Fort Lyon’s woodshops.

From Washington Times Aug. 1, 2015

It's nothing to do with the skateboard companies—it's up to the woodshops.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later, the abstract expressionist movement in painting and sculpture, with its emphasis on individual statement, swept through woodshops and pottery studios as well as painters' ateliers.

From Time Magazine Archive

I know some of the American woodshops are setting up in China, and they are going to be the ones who survive.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, the spearhead of the group is going to be the American woodshops, and of course they are going to be upset.

From Time Magazine Archive

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