woodwork

Plural: woodworks

Noun

• Things made of wood, especially the interior fittings of a house.
• work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture
• the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood
• Something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.
• Working with wood.
• A workshop or factory devoted to making wood products.
• A place of concealment or obscurity.
• The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar.

Verb

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

Examples

• Friends and relatives were coming out of the woodwork to celebrate his good fortune.
• He does woodwork as a hobby.
• His perfect Scrabble play of WOODWORK fit seamlessly into the existing letters.
• out of the woodwork
• So when he wants to, he can just kind of blend into the woodwork.
• That goal was so close, it went in off the woodwork.

Synonyms

carpentry, woodworking

Related Words

closeted, out