noun
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the skill or craft of a joiner
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work made by a joiner
Etymology
Origin of joinery
Example Sentences
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Their tables evolve, Blackman says, as they “consider the profile and the joinery so we can highlight the wood grain and keep live-edge features. We let the wood guide us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
The group includes his niece, artist Hannah Peck, 27; woodworker and designer Jessie Blackman, 27; Ethan Casselbery, 28, who has experience in sculpture fabrication and metalwork joinery; and Jordan Kennedy, 36.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
He has been a joiner since the age of 16 and ran a joinery business alongside his racing career.
From BBC ● May 6, 2025
A restored gridded entry gate set into a traditional Japanese fence is a masterpiece of traditional Japanese joinery crafted by Dale Brotherton, owner of the Takumi Company, a Seattle-based woodworking practice.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
He speaks of the glories of joinery and its satisfactions.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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