carpenter

¹

[ kahr-puhn-ter ]

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.

Carpenter

²

[ kahr-puhn-ter ]

noun

1. John Alden, 1876–1951, U.S. composer.
2. (Malcolm) Scott, 1925–2013, U.S. astronaut and oceanographer.

carpenter

¹

/ 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

Carpenter

²

/ ˈkɑːpɪntə /

noun

1. CarpenterJohn Alden18761951MUSMUSIC: composer 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 Words From

• un·carpen·tered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of carpenter¹

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; -er ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of carpenter¹

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

Example Sentences

Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

From The Daily Beast

The model: a carpenter who showed up to her house looking for work.

From The Daily Beast

He had been a Union carpenter for 30 years before retiring and devoting himself to nature photography.

From The Daily Beast

The singular author Don Carpenter took his own life in 1995.

From The Daily Beast

When a female candidate slips up, she should respond succinctly and then introduce third-party validators, said Carpenter.

From The Daily Beast

Carpenter were the leaders, and this is claimed to have been the origin of Mechanics' Institutes.

From Project Gutenberg

American writers claim that the first pressed glass tumbler was made about 40 years back in that country, by a carpenter.

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Strachan departed highly elated, and repaired to a carpenter shop, where he ordered ten rough coffins made.

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The chief ambition of the great conqueror and legislator was to be a good boatswain and a good ship's carpenter.

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The 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.

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Related Words

• artisan
• builder
• cabinetmaker
• laborer
• woodworker
• worker