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carpentry.

The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑː.pɪn.tri/Received-Pronunciation
  1. The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.

    uncountable
  2. The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures. The trade of cutting and joining wood, timber, or lumber; woodworking.

    uncountable
  3. A carpenter’s workshop.

    countable
  4. A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

    uncountable
    fine carpentry for sale
Where this word comes from

From Middle English carpentrie, from Anglo-Norman carpenterie, from Old Northern French (compare French charpenterie). See carpenter.

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