vakwerk

== Dutch == === Etymology === Compound of vak (“section, compartment; business, trade”) +‎ werk (“work”). The sense “timber framing” is likely derived from German Fachwerk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɑk.ʋɛrk/ Hyphenation: vak‧werk === Noun === vakwerk n (plural vakwerken, diminutive vakwerkje n) a good, professional-level job, ably skilled performance a construction technique where a building's (exterior) wall is divided up by wooden laths into squares, often subdivided diagonally, then each square or triangle filled up with plaster etc.; a timber-framing construction [from 19th c.] a truss, a support structure of interconnected beams or girders forming triangles [from 18th c.] ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “good job”): knoeiwerk, geknoei, prutswerk, gepruts ==== Derived terms ==== vakwerk vakwerkhuis ==== Related terms ==== vakbekwaam vakman meesterwerk pleisterwerk