Carpenter's - 1 dictionary results
| car·pen·ter
(kär'pən-tər) Pronunciation Key
n. A skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures. v. car·pen·tered, car·pen·ter·ing, car·pen·ters v. tr. To make, finish, or repair (wooden structures). v. intr. To work as a carpenter. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin carpentārius (artifex), (maker) of a carriage, from carpentum, a two-wheeled carriage, of Celtic origin; see kers- in Indo-European roots.] car'pen·try (-trē) n. |
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