Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Wood in rods, bars, and narrow boards and moldings softened in steam and fastened while hot into a curved clamp to give it a bent form. When cold and removed from the clamp it retains its form. Used in boat-building and in furniture-making.
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Examples
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The laminated structure consists of prefabricated, bent-wood members and a series of interconnected fiberglass pods.
A Big Fish in Many Ponds Joel Henning 2011
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The concept behind the house is a yurt—the portable, bent-wood dwelling traditionally used by nomads in Central Asia.
Top Architects Go Local Nancy Keates 2011
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The only element of the production that was in any way alive was the woven wood set by the wonderfully named Dedalus Wainwright, a handsomely textured wall that took the grainy, non-specific projections and inexplicable film clips lots of Armenian sheep very well, and a tall, striking bent-wood sculpture within which the dancers posed, but nobody found any compelling way to use.
Archive 2007-05-01 Will 2007
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The only element of the production that was in any way alive was the woven wood set by the wonderfully named Dedalus Wainwright, a handsomely textured wall that took the grainy, non-specific projections and inexplicable film clips lots of Armenian sheep very well, and a tall, striking bent-wood sculpture within which the dancers posed, but nobody found any compelling way to use.
DesignerBlog Will 2007
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We sat in the bent-wood rocker on the porch and watched the LBD chase Gray down the sidewalk while listening to Death Cab....
Death Cab in a Stuffed Animal Zombie Mom 2007
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Close to the other side wall stood a bent-wood rocking-chair, and by the table and about the verandah four wooden armchairs straggled forlornly, as if ashamed of their shabby surroundings.
Almayer's Folly 2006
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Kate shattered this face-to-face symmetry, and had the two girls, Maria and Concha, assisted by the ironic Juana, carrying off the brown bent-wood chairs and the bamboo stands into one of the spare bedrooms.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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The second day, Kate had the energy to cast out one suite of bent-wood and cane furniture from her salon, remove pictures and little stands.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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The two women sat in their bent-wood rocking-chairs and just sobbed.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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His jacket was on a hanger on a bent-wood hatstand.
Running Blind Child, Lee 2000
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