woodwork

/'wudwə:k/

Thân thiện

A carpenter carefully measures a piece of wood for his woodwork.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The craft or skill of making objects from wood: This refers to the art, trade, or activity of a carpenter or woodworker.
   • Things made of wood, especially the wooden parts of a structure: This refers to the wooden components of a building, such as doors, window frames, moldings, or staircases.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • He studied traditional woodwork and furniture making. (He learned the craft of creating items from wood.)
  • The old house has beautiful, intricate woodwork around the doors and windows. (The wooden parts of the house are beautifully crafted.)

Advanced Usage

• "to come/crawl out of the woodwork": (idiom) To appear or emerge suddenly and in large numbers, often from obscurity or hiding, typically in an unwelcome or surprising way.
  • After he won the lottery, distant relatives came out of the woodwork. (Many relatives he hardly knew suddenly appeared.)

Variants and Related Words

• Woodworking (n): The activity or skill of making things from wood; synonymous with the craft sense of "woodwork".
  • Woodworking requires patience and precision.
• Woodworker (n): A person who makes things from wood, especially as a trade.
  • The woodworker carved a beautiful statue.

Synonyms

• Carpentry: The skill or work of a carpenter.
• Joinery: The fine work of a joiner (a carpenter who makes furniture and light woodwork).
• Woodcraft: Skill in woodworking.

Related Idioms

• "to blend into the woodwork": To be or become inconspicuous or unnoticed.
  • At the large party, she just blended into the woodwork. (She went unnoticed.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood
2. work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture

Từ đồng nghĩa

• carpentry
• woodworking