woodcutting

noun

wood·​cut·​ting ˈwu̇d-ˌkə-tiŋ 

1

: the action or occupation of cutting wood or timber

2

: the producing of woodcuts

Examples of woodcutting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For her stories, Alice often availed herself of Gerry’s knowledge, in particular of geography and woodcutting. — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024

As with any risk-reward scenario, the payoffs of winter woodcutting are also clear. — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2023

LaToya Hobbs, 37, who seamlessly melds woodcutting, painting, and collage to create portraits of Black motherhood, won the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize accompanied by a $25,000 award on July 20. — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 18 Sep. 2020

Forest officials in the western part of that state have suspended woodcutting permits, including ceremonial wood gathering by Native American tribes. — Washington Post, 27 May 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for woodcutting

• abutting
• crosscutting
• inputting
• rebutting
• butting
• cutting
• gutting
• jutting
• putting
• rutting
• shutting
• smiting