traditional joinery

/trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈdʒɔɪnəri/

noun

  1. the woodworking craft or method of joining pieces of wood with shaped, interlocking joints, especially using hand-tool methods rather than modern metal fasteners

    B2

    uncountabletechnical

    • "The chair is made with traditional joinery."A2
    • "The cabinet was made using traditional joinery rather than metal brackets."B1
    • "The cabinet shows fine traditional joinery, with dovetails and mortise-and-tenon joints."C1

Collocations

traditional joinery techniquestraditional joinery methodstraditional joinery skills

Word family

joinerjoineryjointjoin