根据实物、设计图或设想，按比例缩小多少倍用木材、木夹板制成的同实物相似的模型。常见的有楼房、厂房、帆船、院落等，供展览、观赏、绘画写生、摄影、试验或观测等用。木模型的功能，一是让人以小见大，或由大见小，二是形象逼真，观其物而临其境。模型有静止的，也有手动、电动显示或电脑控制的。
彝族漆器器皿传统上是在雕空的木模型上进行漆器制作。
Yi nationality lacquerware utensils are traditionally crafted by hollowing out a piece of wood.
另一个模型，“Oorja”，由BP和印度科学院开发，拥有一个内置的电池驱动风扇来使空气对准燃烧室内的木球，从而提高效能。
Another model, the "Oorja", developed by BP and the Indian Institute of Science, has an integrated battery-powered fan to direct air to wood pellets in the combustion chamber, improving efficiency.
为了检验这一理论，来自英国埃克塞特（Exeter）大学的研究人员建造了一个模型，先在木板上挖槽，然后将木球放入槽内。
To test the theory, researchers from the University of Exeter constructed a model in which wooden balls were inserted into grooves dug out of timber planks.
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