Home › Words › W › woodworkwoodwork/ˈwʊdˌwɜːk/woodwork means something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.woodwork is pronounced /ˈwʊdˌwɜːk/.EtymologyFrom Middle English woodewerk (“carpentry”), equivalent to wood + work.nounSomething made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.e.g.“Some woodwork and the plaster ceiling medallions have been duplicated to match the originals.” — 2008 September 14, Bill Cunniff, “A stroll through OLD IRVING PARK”, in The Chicago Sun-Times:Working with wood.e.g.“He does woodwork as a hobby.”A place of concealment or obscurity.e.g.“out of the woodwork”The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar.e.g.“That goal was so close, it went in off the woodwork.”verbTo go completely stealth as a transgender person. (From the idea of fading or blending into the woodwork.)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.woodworking 69% match — The crafts of carpentry, cabinet making and related skills of making things from wood. vs woodwork →cabinetwork 65% match — Cabinets and furniture made by a cabinetmaker. vs woodwork →cabinetry 63% match — Synonym of cabinetmaking (“fine woodworking to produce cabinets”). vs woodwork →millworks 62% match — The machinery and mechanisms of a mill. vs woodwork →cabinetworking 60% match — cabinetmaking vs woodwork →woodshop 60% match — A woodworking workshop. vs woodwork →timberwork 59% match — Work made of timbers. vs woodwork →joinery 59% match — A factory producing wooden products such as tables, doors, and cabinets. vs woodwork →