: 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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Manual Training High School opened in 1897 with a mission to teach skills like drafting, woodworking, metal work, steam and electrical maintenance, cooking and sewing.
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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
Interspersed are examples of stoneware, basket-weaving, ceramics and woodworking from victors of the annual Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, founded in 2016.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
Manual Training High School opened in 1897 with a mission to teach skills like drafting, woodworking, metal work, steam and electrical maintenance, cooking and sewing.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Woodworking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woodworking. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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