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. 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

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

But there’s also something personal at stake for Pages, who grew up in Cuba so poor his carpenter father made the bats he played with.

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On the busy avenues populated not by residents but by construction workers and carpenters laying the groundwork for a new Palisades.

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While he admits the work as a carpenter is not regular, he feels fishing has become "very difficult" because of the gas project.

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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.

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The remaining three account holders were a rickshaw driver, a widow doing tailoring work in a small shanty town and a carpenter.

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Related Words

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