Definition of Millwork

1. Noun. Woodwork that has been machined at a mill.

Generic synonyms: Woodwork

Definition of Millwork

1. n. The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills.

Definition of Millwork

1. Noun. (American English) any wooden object manufactured at a lumber mill ¹

2. Noun. Most especially, doors, windows, and wood trim with decorative cross-section involving curves, beads, grooves, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Millwork

1. woodwork produced by milling [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Millwork

millraces
millrind
millrinds
millrun
millruns
mills around
mills of the gods grind slowly
millstone
millstones
millstream
millstreams
milltail
milltails
millwheel
millwheels
millwork (current term)
millworker
millworkers
millworks
millwright
millwrights
milnacipran
milneb
milnebs
milo
milo maize
milometer
milonga
milongas
milor

Literary usage of Millwork

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Building Estimator: A Practical Guide to Estimating the Cost of by William Arthur (1913)
"A better way to get the cost of a door is to turn to the Chicago list in chapter on " millwork," pick out such a door as you think fitted for your ..."

2. Farm Buildings by William Arthur Foster, Deane G. Carter (1922)
"Carpenter's wages vary within large limits in different sections of the county. Lumber, cement, brick, and millwork vary with the scarcity of the product ..."

3. The Building Estimator by William Arthur (1904)
"CHAPTER X millwork AND GLASS The following prices do not include putting work in place. Any one engaged in building may have for the asking a '' Complete ..."

4. English and American Tool Builders by Joseph Wickham Roe (1916)
"CHAPTER VI GEARING AND millwork By 1830 the use of machine tools was becoming general; they were being regularly manufactured and their design was ..."

5. Useful Information for Engineers: Being a Series of Lectures Delivered by William Fairbairn (1860)
"... millwork. — In the machinery of transmission as great improvements have been made as in any other department of practical science, ..."

6. Wood-using Industries of Virginia by Roger Edwin Simmons (1912)
"SASH, DOORS, AND GENERAL millwork Information of material classified under Table "j was reported by manufacturers making sash, doors, blinds, ..."

7. Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). Library (1866)
"FAIRBAIRN, W. Treatise on mills and millwork. Part I. On the principles of mechanism and on prime movers. Part II. On machinery of transmission, ..."

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