1.
You can refer to the doors and other wooden parts of a house as the ~.
I love the living room, with its dark ~, oriental rugs, and chunky furniture...
He could see the glimmer of fresh paint on the ~.
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2.
Woodwork is the activity or skill of making things out of wood.
I have done ~ for many years...
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3.
If you say that people are coming out of the ~, you are criticizing them for suddenly appearing in public or revealing their opinions when previously they did not make themselves known.
When a song gets to the top, someone will come out of the ~ and claim to have written it.
PHRASE: V inflects disapproval