WOODWORK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

Credits

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.