woodworking

[wood-wur-king]

noun

1. the act or art of making things of wood.

adjective

1. pertaining to or used for shaping wood.

   woodworking tools.

woodworking

/ ˈwʊdˌwɜːkɪŋ /

noun

1. the process of working wood

adjective

1. of, relating to, or used in woodworking

Word History and Origins

Origin of woodworking¹

First recorded in 1870–75; wood ¹ + working

Example Sentences

My dad is 87 and loves woodworking in his shop.

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Some of her clients are spending money on hobbies like woodworking and glass blowing.

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Laborers trained to do jobs like sewing and woodworking were left behind after companies fled overseas.

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When Will Mauldin tried to print shipping labels for the weekend orders at his woodworking company in Rockville, Md., on Monday, he couldn’t log in to the fulfillment system run by a third-party software provider.

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He spent weekends on home improvement projects or immersed in his many hobbies: hiking, woodworking, 100-mile bike races.

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