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carpenter
1[kahr-puhn-ter]
noun
a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
verb (used without object)
to do carpenter's work.
verb (used with object)
to make by carpentry.
to construct (a plot, scene, article, or the like) in a mechanical or unoriginal fashion.
Carpenter
2[kahr-puhn-ter]
noun
John Alden, 1876–1951, U.S. composer.
(Malcolm) Scott, 1925–2013, U.S. astronaut and oceanographer.
carpenter
1/ ˈkɑːpɪntə /
noun
a person skilled in woodwork, esp in buildings, ships, etc
verb
(intr) to do the work of a carpenter
(tr) to make or fit together by or as if by carpentry
Carpenter
2/ ˈkɑːpɪntə /
noun
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)
Other Word Forms
- uncarpentered adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of carpenter1
Word History and Origins
Origin of carpenter1
Example Sentences
On the busy avenues populated not by residents but by construction workers and carpenters laying the groundwork for a new Palisades.
While he admits the work as a carpenter is not regular, he feels fishing has become "very difficult" because of the gas project.
But Nashville being similar to where I’m from, which is Ithaca, where I worked as a carpenter, it reaffirmed that you can be a dirty carpenter, and that’s also kinda cool.
The remaining three account holders were a rickshaw driver, a widow doing tailoring work in a small shanty town and a carpenter.
Alongside carpenters and nurses and dockworkers, there were also representatives from a cadre of entertainment industry unions representing actors, writers and production workers.
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