carpenter
a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
to do carpenter's work.
to make by carpentry.
to construct (a plot, scene, article, or the like) in a mechanical or unoriginal fashion.
Origin of carpenter
1Other words from carpenter
- un·car·pen·tered, adjective
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Other definitions for Carpenter (2 of 2)
John Alden, 1876–1951, U.S. composer.
(Malcolm) Scott, 1925–2013, U.S. astronaut and oceanographer.
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How to use carpenter in a sentence
Stewart and carpenter are locked in a contentious battle for the District 2 Senate seat in Aroostook County.
Maine Hires Lawyers With Criminal Records to Defend Poor Residents. The Governor Wants Reform. | by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor | October 14, 2020 | ProPublicaIn adult carpenter ants, the bacteria produce essential amino acids and play important roles in immunity.
How Two Became One: Origins of a Mysterious Symbiosis Found | Viviane Callier | September 9, 2020 | Quanta MagazineWhen the McGill researchers scrutinized the development of carpenter ant embryos, however, they saw to their surprise that Hox proteins were appearing during the first nuclear divisions — far ahead of schedule.
How Two Became One: Origins of a Mysterious Symbiosis Found | Viviane Callier | September 9, 2020 | Quanta MagazineBoth cows and carpenter ants, for example, rely on bacterial partners in their digestive systems to help them get the most out of their food.
How Two Became One: Origins of a Mysterious Symbiosis Found | Viviane Callier | September 9, 2020 | Quanta MagazineWe had a few old-timers, guys in their seventies—a classic carpenter, an arborist, and a Vietnam vet—and these guys just wouldn’t back down.
Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion | Nina Strochlic | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe model: a carpenter who showed up to her house looking for work.
He had been a Union carpenter for 30 years before retiring and devoting himself to nature photography.
The singular author Don carpenter took his own life in 1995.
Don Carpenter Was a Novelist Both Lacerating and Forgiving | Louis B. Jones | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen a female candidate slips up, she should respond succinctly and then introduce third-party validators, said carpenter.
The Gubernatorial Glass Ceiling—and What It Means for Hillary Clinton | Eleanor Clift | June 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTcarpenter were the leaders, and this is claimed to have been the origin of Mechanics' Institutes.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellAmerican writers claim that the first pressed glass tumbler was made about 40 years back in that country, by a carpenter.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellStrachan departed highly elated, and repaired to a carpenter shop, where he ordered ten rough coffins made.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThe chief ambition of the great conqueror and legislator was to be a good boatswain and a good ship's carpenter.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe red comb on the top of his head has teeth like a carpenter's saw, and is so large it will not stand up straight.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for carpenter (1 of 2)
/ (ˈkɑːpɪntə) /
a person skilled in woodwork, esp in buildings, ships, etc
(intr) to do the work of a carpenter
(tr) to make or fit together by or as if by carpentry
Origin of carpenter
1British Dictionary definitions for Carpenter (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkɑːpɪntə) /
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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