: the act, process, or occupation of working wood into a useful or desired form
Examples of woodworking in a Sentence
Noun
His favorite hobby was woodworking.
Recent Examples on the Web
Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
There will be rosemaling, woodworking and Norwegian knitting demonstrations.
—Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2022
The company makes tools for uses including metalworking, woodworking, pneumatic, gardening and in the household.
—Manuel Baigorri, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
About an hour’s ride from the headquarters, in an industrial neighborhood on the outskirts of Padova, is De Santi, the small woodworking facility that has been Sonus’ cabinetmaker from the beginning.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2021
Rosemaling, woodworking and Norwegian knitting demonstrations.
—Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2021
People also can participate virtually in contests such as the farm baby costume, prettiest pet and talent shows, and enter in multiple competitions related to crafts and skills such as gardening, baking, knitting and woodworking.
—David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2021
Avery's sunroom project involved woodworking, fabric dyeing, and sewing, as well as painting every square inch of the space.
—Leslie Poyzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2021
These findings include hundreds of small bone points and daggers from the same time period, elk antlers caved with animal faces and even woodworking tools that continue to suggest just how advanced these hunter-gathers really were.
—Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 27 Apr. 2018
Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2024
All these neurological systems may explain why so many of us responded to the fear and constraints of the pandemic by becoming experts in sourdough fermentation, woodworking, or knitting.
—Ayelet Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
In addition to playing studio sessions and performing live with various artists, Kramer took up carpentry and woodworking.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2024
See a concert at Brevard Music Center or gallery hop to view traditional Appalachian crafts, including fiber art and woodworking.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Lawson said her son had attended Ballou STAY Opportunity Academy in D.C., taking up woodworking as a vocational study, but did not make it to graduation.
—Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
The businesses: Camp North End is full of artists of all kinds, from hair to woodworking, murals to fashion, photography to fine arts.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
There will be a variety of handmade goods for sale, including jewelry, knit goods, home decor, woodworking, prints, soap, paintings and candles along with craft beer.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
But the seven years of design and intense but intermittent labor that went into the singular space came compliments of Williams himself, who learned woodworking as a student at Meridian High School.
—Maria L. La Ganga, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
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
The company makes tools for uses including metalworking, woodworking, pneumatic, gardening and in the household.
—Manuel Baigorri, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
About an hour’s ride from the headquarters, in an industrial neighborhood on the outskirts of Padova, is De Santi, the small woodworking facility that has been Sonus’ cabinetmaker from the beginning.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2021
Rosemaling, woodworking and Norwegian knitting demonstrations.
—Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2021
People also can participate virtually in contests such as the farm baby costume, prettiest pet and talent shows, and enter in multiple competitions related to crafts and skills such as gardening, baking, knitting and woodworking.
—David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2021
Avery's sunroom project involved woodworking, fabric dyeing, and sewing, as well as painting every square inch of the space.
—Leslie Poyzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2021
These findings include hundreds of small bone points and daggers from the same time period, elk antlers caved with animal faces and even woodworking tools that continue to suggest just how advanced these hunter-gathers really were.
—Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 27 Apr. 2018
Noun
The day will be full of fun hands-on activities for kids like woodworking, music, gardening, and art.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2024
All these neurological systems may explain why so many of us responded to the fear and constraints of the pandemic by becoming experts in sourdough fermentation, woodworking, or knitting.
—Ayelet Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
In addition to playing studio sessions and performing live with various artists, Kramer took up carpentry and woodworking.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2024
See a concert at Brevard Music Center or gallery hop to view traditional Appalachian crafts, including fiber art and woodworking.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Lawson said her son had attended Ballou STAY Opportunity Academy in D.C., taking up woodworking as a vocational study, but did not make it to graduation.
—Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
The businesses: Camp North End is full of artists of all kinds, from hair to woodworking, murals to fashion, photography to fine arts.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
There will be a variety of handmade goods for sale, including jewelry, knit goods, home decor, woodworking, prints, soap, paintings and candles along with craft beer.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
But the seven years of design and intense but intermittent labor that went into the singular space came compliments of Williams himself, who learned woodworking as a student at Meridian High School.
—Maria L. La Ganga, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Woodworking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woodworking. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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