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woodwork

 
Dictionary: wood·work   (wʊd'wûrk') pronunciation
n.
Objects made of or work done in wood, especially wooden interior fittings in a house, as moldings, doors, staircases, or windowsills.

idiom:

out of the woodwork

  1. Out of obscurity or a place of seclusion: People were coming out of the woodwork to apply for the desirable job.


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Architecture: woodwork
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Work produced by the carpenter’s and joiner’s art, generally applied to parts of objects or structures in wood rather than the complete structure.


WordNet: woodwork
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture

Meaning #2: the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood
  Synonyms: carpentry, woodworking


Translations: Woodwork
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - træværk, træarbejde, sløjd

idioms:

  • out of the woodwork    komme for en dag, komme frem

Nederlands (Dutch)
houtbewerking, houtwerk

Français (French)
n. - menuiserie, boiseries, (GB, Sport) poteaux

idioms:

  • out of the woodwork    (surgir) d'un peu partout (hum)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Holzbauteile, Gebälk, Arbeiten mit Holz

idioms:

  • out of the woodwork    (aus dem Nichts) auftauchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ξυλεπένδυση, ξυλουργική, ξυλοκατασκευή

idioms:

  • out of the woodwork    αιφνίδια εμφανιζόμενος, διόλου ευπρόσδεκτος

Italiano (Italian)
boiserie, ebanisteria

idioms:

  • out of the woodwork    uscire dall'incognito

Português (Portuguese)
n. - trabalho ou peça de madeira (m)

idioms:

  • out of the woodwork    fora de obscuridade

Русский (Russian)
деревянные части (строения), деревянные изделия, столярная работа, деревянная панель

idioms:

  • out of the woodwork    (вытащить) на свет божий

Español (Spanish)
n. - maderaje, enmaderado, carpintería, artesanía en madera

idioms:

  • out of the woodwork    salir de quién sabe dónde, aparecer de improviso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - trävirke, träföremål

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
木制品, 木工手艺, 木造部份

idioms:

  • out of the woodwork    从隐处出来, 公开露面

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 木製品, 木工手藝, 木造部份

idioms:

  • out of the woodwork    從隱處出來, 公開露面

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 목조부, 목제품, 목재 공예

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 木工品, 木造部分, 木工技術

idioms:

  • out of the woodwork    表舞台に出る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أشغال الخشب, ما يصنع من خشب مثل الشبابيك والأبواب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מלאכת-עץ, אומנות-העץ, מעשה-עץ, נגרות‬


 
 

 

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