carpenter

[ kahr-puhn-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.

verb (used without object)
  1. to do carpenter's work.

verb (used with object)
  1. to make by carpentry.

  2. to construct (a plot, scene, article, or the like) in a mechanical or unoriginal fashion.

Origin of carpenter

1
1275–1325; Middle English <Anglo-French <Late Latin carpentārius wainwright, equivalent to Latin carpent(um) two-wheeled carriage (<Celtic; compare Old Irish carpad chariot) + -ārius-ary; see -er2

Other words from carpenter

  • un·car·pen·tered, adjective

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Other definitions for Carpenter (2 of 2)

Carpenter
[ kahr-puhn-ter ]

noun
  1. John Alden, 1876–1951, U.S. composer.

  2. (Malcolm) Scott, 1925–2013, U.S. astronaut and oceanographer.

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British Dictionary definitions for carpenter (1 of 2)

carpenter

/ (ˈkɑːpɪntə) /


noun
  1. a person skilled in woodwork, esp in buildings, ships, etc

verb
  1. (intr) to do the work of a carpenter

  2. (tr) to make or fit together by or as if by carpentry

Origin of carpenter

1
C14: from Anglo-French, from Latin carpentārius wagon-maker, from carpentum wagon; of Celtic origin

British Dictionary definitions for Carpenter (2 of 2)

Carpenter

/ (ˈkɑːpɪntə) /


noun
  1. John Alden. 1876–1951, US composer, who used jazz rhythms in orchestral music: his works include the ballet Skyscrapers (1926) and the orchestral suite Adventures in a Perambulator (1915)

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