As soon as they realized the mayor was on his way down, his critics started coming out of the woodwork.
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Woodwork
//ˈwʊdˌwɝk//
Synonyms for "woodwork" (4 found)
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48 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- дървени изделия noun (handiwork of wood)
Danish
3 entries- snikkeri noun (a woodworking shop or factory)
- træarbejde noun (wood product)
- træsløjd noun (working with wood)
Finnish
4 entries- maalitolppa noun (goalpost or crossbar)
- puuesine noun (handiwork of wood)
- puusepänliike noun (a woodworking shop or factory)
- puutuote noun (wood product)
French
1 entries- charpenterie noun (a woodworking shop or factory)
German
4 entries- Aluminium noun (goalpost or crossbar)
- Gebälk noun (goalpost or crossbar)
- Gehäuse noun (goalpost or crossbar)
- Holzarbeit noun (wood product)
Greek
2 entries- δοκάρι noun (goalpost or crossbar)
- ξυλουργική noun (working with wood)
Irish
3 entries- adhmadóireacht noun (working with wood)
- obair adhmaid noun (working with wood)
- saoirseacht adhmaid noun (working with wood)
Macedonian
2 entries- дрвена́рија noun (handiwork of wood)
- дрво́делство noun (working with wood)
Māori
1 entries- taratarai noun (working with wood)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- trearbeid noun (wood product)
- trearbeid noun (working with wood)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- trearbeid noun (wood product)
- trearbeid noun (working with wood)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Holtoabeit noun (wood product)
Portuguese
2 entries- madeirame noun (wood product)
- madeirame noun (working with wood)
Spanish
4 entries- carpintería noun (wood product)
- carpintería noun (a woodworking shop or factory)
- maderaje noun (wood product)
- maderamen noun (wood product)
Swedish
3 entries- målram noun (goalpost or crossbar)
- slöjd noun (working with wood)
- träslöjd noun (working with wood)
Turkish
4 entries- ağaç işi noun (handiwork of wood)
- ağaç işi noun (wood product)
- doğrama işi noun (wood product)
- doğramacılık noun (working with wood)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
At first only a few people protested, but now they're all coming out of the woodwork.
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My grandfather completed the woodwork and my grandmother finished the piece with paint.
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Tom dashed into the room amid a shower of sparks and splinters of burning woodwork.
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