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wood⋅work

[wood-wurk]
–noun
1. objects or parts made of wood.
2. the interior wooden fittings, esp. of a house, as doors, stairways, or moldings.
3. come out of the woodwork, Informal. to appear or materialize suddenly and unexpectedly: Since mortgage rates declined, prospective buyers have been coming out of the woodwork.

Origin:
1640–50; wood 1 + work
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wood·work   (wŏŏd'wûrk')   
n.  Objects made of or work done in wood, especially wooden interior fittings in a house, as moldings, doors, staircases, or windowsills.
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