From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwoodworkwood‧work /ˈwʊdwɜːk $ -wɜːrk/ noun [uncountable] 1 woodwork British English, woodworking American English /ˈwʊdwɜːkɪŋ $ -ɜːr-/TIC the skill or activity of making wooden objects → carpentry2 DHHthe parts of a house or room that are made of wood3 → crawl/come out of the woodwork4 → fade/blend into the woodwork —woodworker noun [countable]
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woodwork• Six years ago she had begun stripping the blackened and crazed varnish off the interior woodwork.• The interior woodwork had been stripped bare.• We did a lot of woodwork at the school because they didn't think we could deal with books.• Sooner or later he would emerge from the woodwork and proceed to make a bearable situation unbearable.• The guy does know how to blend into the woodwork.• Maybe the next Hootie, or preferably the next Alanis, will pop out of the woodwork as well.• Inside were the known rooms, the woodwork that loved fingers had worn and polished.• He'd given up woodwork, having driven a splinter through his thumbnail. 