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woodcraft

woodcraft noun: any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively.

Noun

woodcraft (countable and uncountable, plural woodcrafts)

  1. Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively.
    • “Yes, Waziri,” replied Busuli. “They passed us late yesterday, as we were about to turn back after you. They had no woodcraft. We heard them coming for a mile before we saw them, and as we had other business in hand we withdrew into the forest and let them pass.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 189
    • I don't think some of your—um—pure-blooded Dwarfs have as much woodcraft as might be expected. You've left tracks all over the place.1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
    Synonyms:
    forestcraft
  2. (uncountable) The art or skill of wood carving.

Verb

woodcraft (third-person singular simple present woodcrafts, present participle woodcrafting, simple past and past participle woodcrafted)

  1. To carve or craft from wood.

woodcraft meaning in Tamil

woodcraft in Tamil

காட்டுத்துறை, வன வாழ்க்கைத்துறை

Synonyms of woodcraft

Forms of woodcraft

Noun
pluralwoodcrafts
Verb
third-person singular presentwoodcrafts
present participlewoodcrafting
past participlewoodcrafted
pastwoodcrafted

Origin of woodcraft

From wood + -craft.

Questions about woodcraft

What does woodcraft mean?
Woodcraft means any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively.
What is woodcraft in Tamil?
Woodcraft in Tamil is காட்டுத்துறை, வன வாழ்க்கைத்துறை. See Woodcraft meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is woodcraft?
Woodcraft can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of woodcraft?
The plural of woodcraft is woodcrafts.

Words near woodcraft in the dictionary

  1. woodcocks
  2. Woodcote
  3. Woodcott
  4. woodcracker
  5. woodcrackers
  6. woodcraft
  7. woodcrafted
  8. woodcrafter
  9. woodcrafters
  10. woodcraftiness
  11. woodcrafting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: woodcraft (page history and authors); woodcraft (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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