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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
She previously told Drew Barrymore, “I left ‘SNL’ and then the next day I was like, ‘I’m a farmer, I’m a carpenter.’
She told the judge the tenant, a carpenter, had offered to repair the windows of the property in lieu of rent.
Daddy would point out the moths, carpenter ants, and roly-poly bugs beneath the bark of dead logs.
The production also hired more than 100 New Zealand workers for every U.S. crew member they brought in, employing local electricians, construction workers, caterers and carpenters, Landau wrote.
Victor Rojas, a 38-year-old carpenter who has been living in Trinidad and Tobago for the past eight years, said he was worried for his family back home.
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