Definitions
wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture
Word origin
From bent + wood.
Used in a sentence
“Bentwood furniture is made by bending and nailing long, straight, fresh branches or suckers of trees around a frame. Unlike most stick work, bentwood furniture is carefully planned before it is made.”
“The two basic types of fishhooks are almost equally represented within the site, with composite fishhooks exhibiting only a slightly higher relative frequency than that of bentwoods.”
“She started walking over to the trestle table and, about ten years later, sat down on one of the thirty-three bentwoods.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Steam-shaped timber”8 letters
02“Steamed chair material”8 letters
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