woodwork

CEFRB1

/ˈwʊdˌwɜːk/

noun

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Examples

My grandfather completed the woodwork and my grandmother finished the piece with paint.
They really came out of the woodwork after that.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

Working with wood.
Something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.
The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar.

In context

Tom dashed into the room amid a shower of sparks and splinters of burning woodwork.
Friends and relatives were coming out of the woodwork to celebrate his good fortune.
He does woodwork as a hobby.

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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
The unthinking man assumes that if woodwork is to be taught, the best person to do it must be a carpenter
1906, Tasmania. Education Dept, The educational record, volumes 1-6, page 14
"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
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

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From Middle English woodewerk (“carpentry”), equivalent to wood + work.