Crossword clues for millwork
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Millwork \Mill"work`\, n.
The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills.
The business of setting up or of operating mill machinery.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context US English) any wooden object manufactured at a lumber mill 2 Most especially, doors, windows, and wood trim with decorative cross-section involving curves, beads, grooves, etc.
WordNet
n. woodwork that has been machined at a mill
Wikipedia
Millwork may refer to
- Millwork (building material), any sawmill-produced building material interior finish components
- A system of pulleys and belts taking off power from a line shaft
- " Millworker," a song by James Taylor from the album Flag and from the musical Working, that was titled "Millwork" in the musical
Millwork building materials are historically any woodmill-produced building construction interior-finish, exterior-finish, or decorative components. Stock profiled and patterned millwork building components fabricated at a planing mill can usually be installed with minimal alteration. Today, millwork also encompasses items that are made using alternatives to wood, including synthetics, plastics, and wood-adhesive composites.
Usage examples of "millwork".
Fine ribbon and lace millwork on the cabinetry, the fabulous weaving of colors in the silk draping, the iridescent sheen of the pristine sheet that covered her plump mattress.
Though laborious investigation, Koehler finally traced characteristic boards from a mill in McCormick, South Carolina, to the Halligan and McClelland Company in New York, and from there to the National Lumber and Millwork Company on White Plains Avenue in the Bronx.
Jim tried to explain the millworks to her, he began to exhibit some of that boyish enthusiasm that she had first seen when they had been grocery shopping at The Central in Svenborg.