woodwork
UK/ˈwʊdˌwɜːk/
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British/ˈwɵdˌwəːk/
woodwork noun: something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.
Noun
woodwork (usually uncountable, plural woodworks)
- Something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.
- Some woodwork and the plaster ceiling medallions have been duplicated to match the originals.2008 September 14, Bill Cunniff, “A stroll through OLD IRVING PARK”, in The Chicago Sun-Times
- Working with wood.
- He does woodwork as a hobby.
- The unthinking man assumes that if woodwork is to be taught, the best person to do it must be a carpenter1906, Tasmania. Education Dept, The educational record, volumes 1-6, page 14
- Synonyms:
- woodworking
- A place of concealment or obscurity.
- out of the woodwork
- Friends and relatives were coming out of the woodwork to celebrate his good fortune.
- The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar.
- That goal was so close, it went in off the woodwork.
- Carroll thought he had equalised with his header against the bar with eight minutes left. Liverpool claimed the ball had cross the line and Chelsea were grateful for a miraculous intervention from Cech to turn his effort on to the woodwork.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport
Verb
woodwork (third-person singular simple present woodworks, present participle woodworking, simple past and past participle woodworked)
- To go completely stealth as a transgender person. (From the idea of fading or blending into the woodwork.)
- "Instead of 'woodworking,' or disappearing into the mainstream — as we are capable of and qualified to do — we have chosen not to do so." Outside of the transsexual community, other changes were taking place that made it possible for[…]1997, Patrick Califia, Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism
- Maybe — and this was essential for political activism — you didn't have to "woodwork" but could be transgendered for all to see. By the mid '90s the Internet had arrived — and spread these new ideas like wildfire.[…]2001 November, Out, page 80
woodwork meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
woodwork in Hindi
- लकड़ी का काम, लकड़ी के काम
woodwork in Tamil
- மரவேலை
woodwork in Marathi
- लाकूडकाम, लाकडी काम
woodwork in Urdu
- لکڑی کا کام, لکڑی کے کام, لکڑی کی کاریگری
More languagesFewer languages
- woodwork in Bengali
- কাঠের কাজ
- woodwork in Telugu
- చెక్క పని, చెక్క పనితనం, కలప పని
- woodwork in Malayalam
- തടിപ്പണി, മരപ്പണി
- woodwork in Kannada
- ಮರಗೆಲಸ
- woodwork in Punjabi
- ਲੱਕਡ਼ੀ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ
- woodwork in Gujarati
- લાકડાનું કામ, લાકડાનું કાર્ય, લાકડાનાં કામ
- woodwork in Odia
- କାଠର କାମ
- woodwork in Nepali
- काठको काम, काठका काम
Examples of woodwork in a sentence
- So when he wants to, he can just kind of blend into the woodwork.
- [Security personnel] seemed to come out of the woodwork from all directions, issuing orders, and rushing toward their protectees and seeking to secure the room.2026 April 26, Linda Feldmann, “After the gunfire: Moments of grace at White House correspondents’ dinner”, in The Christian Science...
Synonyms of woodwork
Forms of woodwork
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | woodworks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | woodworks |
| present participle | woodworking |
| past participle | woodworked |
| past | woodworked |
Origin of woodwork
From Middle English woodewerk (“carpentry”), equivalent to wood + work.
Words formed from woodwork
- blend into the woodwork
- bring out of the woodwork
- come out of the woodwork
- crawl out of the woodwork
- disappear into the woodwork
- pull out of the woodwork
Phrases with woodwork
Questions about woodwork
- What does woodwork mean?
- Woodwork means something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.
- What is woodwork in Hindi?
- Woodwork in Hindi is लकड़ी का काम, लकड़ी के काम. See Woodwork meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use woodwork in a sentence?
- So when he wants to, he can just kind of blend into the woodwork.
- What part of speech is woodwork?
- Woodwork can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce woodwork?
- Woodwork is pronounced /ˈwʊdˌwɜːk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of woodwork?
- The plural of woodwork is woodworks.
Words near woodwork in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: woodwork (page history and authors); woodwork (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woodwork (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); woodwork (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woodwork (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woodwork (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woodwork (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woodwork (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); woodwork (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); woodwork (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woodwork (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woodwork (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woodwork (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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