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woodcarver

[ wood-kahr-ver ]

/ ˈwʊdˌkɑr vər /

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noun

a person whose occupation is woodcarving.

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Origin of woodcarver

First recorded in 1855–60; wood¹ + carve + -er¹

Words nearby woodcarver

woodblock, woodborer, Woodbridge, Woodburn, Woodbury, woodcarver, woodcarving, woodchat, woodchip, woodchipper, woodchop

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How to use woodcarver in a sentence

Why had Nadine lived in the mean street with the so-called woodcarver and his wife?
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls|Various
The joiner, the woodcarver, the lapidary, and the goldsmith all worked together on such things.
Intarsia and Marquetry|F. Hamilton Jackson
Little Nikas gave him such a box on the ear that he had to sit down on the woodcarver's steps.
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete|Martin Anderson Nexo
The woodcarver and his wife, and the beautiful Nadine, had vanished with the shadows of the night.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls|Various

Its grand proportions, its high-pitched roof and pendants, display the art of the woodcarver in great excellence.
Chats on Old Furniture|Arthur Hayden