Associations to the word «Bentwood»

Wiktionary

BENTWOOD, noun. Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ship's hulls etc)

Dictionary definition

BENTWOOD, noun. Wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture; "bentwood chairs".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne