Words that rhyme with timberwork

n 1: photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book" [syn: artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matter]

n 1: fortification consisting of a low wall [syn: parapet, breastwork]

n 1: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" [syn: rampart, bulwark, wall] 2: a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural) 3: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away [syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty] v 1: defend with a bulwark

n 1: mesh netting made of wires [syn: wirework, grillwork] 2: a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill" [syn: grill, grille, grillwork]

n 1: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone] 2: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure] 3: preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation; "we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago"

n 1: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning]

n 1: professional work done according to formula

n 1: a work produced by hand labor [syn: handicraft, handcraft, handiwork, handwork]

n 1: preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) [syn: homework, prep, preparation]

n 1: the work of cleaning and running a house [syn: housework, housekeeping]

n 1: work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric

n 1: an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth" [syn: network, web] 2: (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs; "the networks compete to broadcast important sports events" 3: an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals [syn: net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork] 4: a system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad network"; "a network of canals" 5: (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits [syn: network, electronic network] v 1: communicate with and within a group; "You have to network if you want to get a good job"

n 1: subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area; "the outworks of the castle"

n 1: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas [syn: patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble] 2: a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together [syn: patchwork, patchwork quilt] 3: sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern

n 1: work paid for according to the quantity produced

v 1: use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" [syn: rework, make over, retread]

n 1: a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher [syn: school assignment, schoolwork]

n 1: dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking

n 1: masonry done with stone

n 1: cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective); "it will take money, good planning and, above all, teamwork"

n 1: work paid for at a rate per unit of time

n 1: twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds [syn: bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens] 2: an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax [syn: waxwork, wax figure]

n 1: work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture 2: the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood [syn: carpentry, woodworking, woodwork]