: 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
There will be rosemaling, woodworking and Norwegian knitting demonstrations.
—Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2022
Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Hemp Leaf Kumiko Lattices Kumiko is a traditional Japanese woodworking technique used to create intricate geometric latticework patterns by joining thin strips of wood without nails or glue.
—Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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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
According to reporting from The Atlantic, YouTube creators like Jon Peters, who built an audience of over a million subscribers by sharing woodworking tutorials, now face the threat of obsolescence as their videos are being quietly scraped to train AI.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Hemp Leaf Kumiko Lattices Kumiko is a traditional Japanese woodworking technique used to create intricate geometric latticework patterns by joining thin strips of wood without nails or glue.
—Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Woodworking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woodworking. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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