carpentry

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈkɑː.pɪn.tri/

Definition of carpentry

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
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noun

  1. (uncountable)The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
  2. (uncountable)The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
  3. (countable)A carpenter’s workshop.
  4. (uncountable)A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
    “fine carpentry for sale”

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Etymology

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

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