Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Woodwork, such as doors, window casings, and baseboards, ready-made by a lumber mill.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Machinery used in mills or manufactories.
- noun The designing, construction, arrangement, and erection of machinery in mills or manufactories.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills.
- noun The business of setting up or of operating mill machinery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US any
wooden object manufactured at a lumber mill - noun Most especially, doors, windows, and wood trim with decorative cross-section involving curves, beads, grooves, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun woodwork that has been machined at a mill
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Examples
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Special use items, such as millwork, certain plumbing, specialty electrical and HVAC equipment and exterior improvements can often be depreciated over a shorter term.
BCBRdaily Lee Johnson 2010
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Features such as millwork and moldings, built-in bookcases or storage niches and coffered or tray ceilings are essential elements in all but the sparest contemporary designs.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local editor@denverpost.com ( 2010
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The overall venue's flooring is complete, its ceiling is nearly done and millwork is being installed.
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Rayon Richards for The Wall Street Journal The home has detailed millwork, custom paint finishes and designer fixtures.
A Castle Ridge Colonial Maya Pope-Chappell 2011
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Rayon Richards for The Wall Street Journal Few surfaces in the home lack embellishment, from the intricate moldings to the elaborate millwork.
A Greenwich Château Maya Pope-Chappell 2011
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Designed by MKDA, the HSN "brand showroom" is filled with light and air, the sheen of its white-lacquered millwork contrasting nicely with the poured-concrete floors in the office's core.
Designer Embraces Ethos of a Shopping Network Dana Rubinstein 2011
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Diane Uhley The home has tall ceilings, large rooms and original millwork, crown moldings and hardwood floors.
Riverside Living 2011
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Plans and instructions for the bank's contractors, on file with the city, specify the installation of at least one Sub-Zero Inc. refrigerator and icemaker in the renovated space, along with "premium grade" millwork and Madico Inc.
Citibank To Spend $10 Million On New Offices For Executives? - The Consumerist 2009
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It has tall ceilings, large rooms and original millwork, crown moldings and hardwood floors.
Relative Values 2011
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On Tuesday, Home Depot cited sales of big-ticket items like "appliances, millwork, windows" and heating units as helping to drive purchases of $900 or more in the fiscal fourth quarter that ended January, as well as a 72% year-on-year jump in profit.
Home Retailers' Gains Risk Window Pain Kelly Evans 2011
bilby commented on the word millwork
Sounds like work to me.
May 21, 2009