woodworking

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noun

The crafts of carpentry, cabinet making and related skills of making things from wood.

Less commonScrabble 23

Meanings

nounwoodworking (usually uncountable, plural woodworkings)

plural woodworkings

  1. uncountableusuallyThe crafts of carpentry, cabinet making and related skills of making things from wood.

    MDF and HDF – or medium-density fiberboard and high-density fiberboard – are two of the trendiest materials in woodworking these days.

    2019 September 20, “MDF vs HDF: Understanding Differences and Best Uses in Woodworking”, in Forest Plywood
    1 more example

    There are two woodworkings, the first being the idealized one, the woodworking of expectations, where everything turns out perfect. The spouse is pleased, each and every joint is of Krenovian perfection […]

    2000, Doug Stowe, Simply Beautiful Boxes, page 38
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of woodwork

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 木工
  • 木工 (mùgōng)Translations
Polish stolarka, stolarstwo
  • stolarkaTranslations
  • stolarstwoTranslations
  • ciesielstwoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

woodworking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodworking

MLA

“woodworking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodworking. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woodworking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodworking.

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