Bentwood Definition

bĕntwo͝od
noun
Wood that has been steamed until pliable and then bent into shape.
American Heritage

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)

Wiktionary
adjective
Designating furniture made of wood permanently bent into various forms by the application of heat, moisture, and pressure.
Webster's New World

Bentwood Sentence Examples

  • Place a large rooster figurine under a bentwood and cane chair and toss a small theme throw rug casually at the feet.

  • The bentwood rocker was created by Michael Thonet who used a process of steaming birch wood and then manipulating it into curves to create a unique rocking chair in the 1860s.

  • Bentwood - Made in 1860, the Bentwood rocker was made of wooden that was steamed and bent into shape.

  • It has an active trade in agricultural products, and manufactures lace, light wicker-seated bentwood chairs, silk, &c.

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