woodwork

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture
  2. noun the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood

Etymology

From Middle English woodewerk (“carpentry”), equivalent to wood + work.

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