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# woodwork

«woodwork» in Mova's school dictionary: **the skill or school subject of making things out of wood** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (woodwork — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Woodwork is the skill or school subject of making things out of wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/#m1)

2) The woodwork of a building is the parts made of wood, such as doors, window frames and stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/#m2)

3) (UK, football) «Hit the woodwork» means the ball hit the goal post or crossbar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/#m3)

4) «Come out of the woodwork» means to appear suddenly, often unwelcome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school (design and technology), pupils do woodwork: measuring, sawing, sanding, with safety goggles. In everyday life, painting the woodwork. In UK sports talk, a shot hits the woodwork. Phrases: woodwork class, paint the woodwork, hit the woodwork, come out of the woodwork.

### examples

- We made a bird box in woodwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/#x1)
- Always wear goggles in the woodwork room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/#x2)
- Dad is painting the woodwork white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/#x3)
- The striker's shot hit the woodwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/#x4)
- When I won the prize, long-lost cousins came out of the woodwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/#x5)
- Measure twice and cut once, the woodwork teacher said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/#x6)
- The houses were called hotels; the woodwork on the windows and balconies was curiously carved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «some woodwork». A person who makes wooden things is a woodworker, carpenter or joiner. In UK football, «the woodwork» means the posts and bar even though they are now metal or plastic.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «woodwork» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.