: the act, process, or occupation of working wood into a useful or desired form
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Noun
His favorite hobby was woodworking.
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Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Instead, Florian is living in Connecticut, where Darcey and Stacey’s family resides, for a job in woodworking.
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Adjective
For more woodworking power tools, check out our top picks for woodworking routers, wood planers, and cordless drills.
—Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
There will be rosemaling, woodworking and Norwegian knitting demonstrations.
—Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2022
Noun
Almost nothing is known of Neolithic ships, but the woodworking must have been as excellent as the masonry in Structure 27.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Instead, Florian is living in Connecticut, where Darcey and Stacey’s family resides, for a job in woodworking.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Woodworking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woodworking. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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