woodwork
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Is woodwork a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of woodwork?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable, countable) Something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.Examples: "Some woodwork and the plaster ceiling medallions have been duplicated to match the originals."countableuncountableusually
2. (uncountable) Working with wood.Examples: "He does woodwork as a hobby."; "The unthinking man assumes that if woodwork is to be taught, the best person to do it must be a carpenter"Synonyms: woodworkinguncountableusually
3. (figurative, by extension) A place of concealment or obscurity.Examples: "out of the woodwork"; "Friends and relatives were coming out of the woodwork to celebrate his good fortune."; "So when he wants to, he can just kind of blend into the woodwork."broadlyfigurativelyuncountableusually
4. (soccer, rugby) The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar.Examples: "That goal was so close, it went in off the woodwork."; "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."uncountableusually
verb (English)
1. (LGBTQ, dated) To go completely stealth as a transgender person. (From the idea of fading or blending into the woodwork.)Examples: ""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[…]"; "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.[…]"dated
Definition source: Wiktionary