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noun

wood steamed and bent for use in furniture.

an article of furniture made of bentwood.

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adjective

of or pertaining to furniture made principally of pieces of wood of circular or oval section, steamed, bent, and screwed together: a bentwood rocking chair.

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Origin:
1860–65; bent¹ + wood¹

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bentwood (ˈbɛntˌwʊd)

—n
	a. wood bent in moulds after being heated by steaming, used mainly for furniture
	b. (as modifier): a bentwood chair

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