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

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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Over the years of woodworking, Greene has grown fond of working with particular trees and their aromas.

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The elder Hou is a family man and enjoys hobbies such as ping-pong, woodworking and fishing.

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Instead, just a small number of practical subjects such as woodworking and cakemaking will drop exams next year and the rest will continue as they were.

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