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WOODWORK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood
Synonyms:
carpentry; woodwork; woodworking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("woodwork" is a kind of...):
craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)
Domain member category:
stud (provide with or construct with studs)
dado (cut a dado into or fit into a dado)
dado (provide with a dado)
articulate; joint (provide with a joint)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "woodwork"):
cabinetry; cabinetwork (the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality))
cabinetmaking; joinery (the craft of a joiner)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("woodwork" is a kind of...):
piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "woodwork"):
cabinetwork (woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker)
joinery (fine woodwork done by a joiner)
millwork (woodwork that has been machined at a mill)
Context examples:
In and out through the open woodwork was woven a crimson cord, which was secured at each side to the crosspiece below.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Clutching the woodwork of the galley for support,—and I confess the grease with which it was scummed put my teeth on edge,—I reached across a hot cooking-range to the offending utensil, unhooked it, and wedged it securely into the coal-box.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
