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carpenter

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carpenter /ˈkɑɚpəntɚ/ noun
plural carpenters
carpenter
/ˈkɑɚpəntɚ/
noun
plural carpenters
Learner's definition of CARPENTER
[count]
: a person whose job is to make or fix wooden objects or wooden parts of buildings木匠;木工
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9552 COCA: 8059

carpenter

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noun

car·​pen·​ter ˈkär-pən-tər How to pronounce carpenter (audio)
ˈkär-pᵊm-tər
: a worker who builds or repairs wooden structures or their structural parts

carpenter

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verb

carpentered; carpentering ˈkär-pən-t(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce carpenter (audio)

intransitive verb

: to follow the trade of a carpenter
carpentered when he was young

transitive verb

1
: to make by or as if by carpentry
2
: to put together often in a mechanical manner
carpentered many television scripts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Her friend hit it off with one of the men, and Sandy was left talking to the other, a professional carpenter named TJ dressed in Wrangler jeans, boots, and a black cowboy hat. Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 12 July 2022 Three years earlier, the 20-month-old son of renowned aviator Charles Lindbergh had been snatched and killed, and a carpenter named Bruno Hauptmann had been found guilty of the murder. oregonlive, 24 Sep. 2021 The job provided just enough to live on, so Adam found a bed in a ramshackle cabin on a wooded, 38-acre property owned by a carpenter named David Vincelette. Dan Koeppel, Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2019 His team of four include a yoga teacher, an artist, a carpenter and a gardener, people who can drop the tools of their trade to dash out on a call. Judith Magyar, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 While Pennington is known as a carpenter and home improvement pro on several shows, including the new HGTV series Ty Breaker, his wife is in a very different line of work. Greta Bjornson, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2022 To build a sturdy border, Gold also advises working with a carpenter or a friend who is knowledgeable about woodwork. Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 Aug. 2022 The former Mirjami Satu-Sinikka Paavola — who was known as Sinikka — was the daughter of Arvo Paavola, a carpenter, and Meimi Paavola. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2022 Abram first got into home improvement with his father, a Boston carpenter, in 1958 on a job installing hardwood floors. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2022
Verb
Noma’s dining room, by contrast, is meticulously carpentered together, from the peaked ceiling to the bare floor, out of sanded oak and Douglas fir. Pete Wells, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018 The drama is something that seems to be leaking from the very forms so elaborately carpentered to contain it. Jesse Green, New York Times, 8 June 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French carpenter, charpenter, from Latin carpentarius carriage maker, from carpentum carriage, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish carpat chariot, carr vehicle — more at car

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

circa 1815, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of carpenter was in the 14th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9552 COCA: 8059

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