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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope