FreeScrabbleDictionary

carpentering

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
22
Letters
12

Definition of carpentering

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Carpentry.
    “Frequently, at one and the same time, you see every trade in operation on the gun-deck--coopering, carpentering, tailoring, tinkering, blacksmithing, rope-making, preaching, gambling, and fortune-telling.”
    “I always had a fancy for carpentering, and was handy with tools.”
    “Here, in the evenings, they studied blacksmithing, carpentering, and other necessary arts [...]”
    “Sixteen years after he started Lumpen in Champaign, Marszewski is supporting his empire by carpentering, designing Web sites, and working at his mother's Bridgeport bar.”
See all 2 definitions

noun

  1. (uncountable)Carpentry.
    “Frequently, at one and the same time, you see every trade in operation on the gun-deck--coopering, carpentering, tailoring, tinkering, blacksmithing, rope-making, preaching, gambling, and fortune-telling.”
    “I always had a fancy for carpentering, and was handy with tools.”
    “Here, in the evenings, they studied blacksmithing, carpentering, and other necessary arts [...]”
    “Sixteen years after he started Lumpen in Champaign, Marszewski is supporting his empire by carpentering, designing Web sites, and working at his mother's Bridgeport bar.”

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, present)present participle of carpenter

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From carpenter + -ing.

Words you can make from carpentering

200+ playable · top: PREENACTING (16 pts)

Best play preenacting 16 points

11-letter words

1 word

10-letter words

6 words

9-letter words

28 words

8-letter words

47 words

7-letter words

117 words

Find your best play with carpentering

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes carpentering, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.

Find more plays Browse word lists