woodwork

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

woodworks

1.
(countable, uncountable, usually)Something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.
2.
(uncountable, usually)Working with wood.
He does woodwork as a hobby.
Đồng nghĩa: woodworking
3.
(broadly, figuratively, uncountable, usually)(figurative, by extension) A place of concealment or obscurity.
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.
4.
(uncountable, usually)(soccer, rugby) The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar.
That goal was so close, it went in off the woodwork.

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verb

V_es/s

woodworks

V_ing/Gerund

woodworking

V_ed/pp

woodworked

1.
(dated)(LGBTQ, dated) To go completely stealth as a transgender person. (From the idea of fading or blending into the woodwork.)

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woodworking

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