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Carpentry
//ˈkɑː.pɪn.tri// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct buildings or other structures. uncountable
- 2 the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood wordnet
- 3 The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct buildings or other structures.; The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking. uncountable
- 4 A carpenter's workshop. countable
- 5 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"
Etymology
From Middle English carpentrie, from Anglo-Norman carpenterie, from Old Northern French (compare French charpenterie). See carpenter.
See also for "carpentry"
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