carpenter
a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
to do carpenter's work.
to make by carpentry.
to construct (a plot, scene, article, or the like) in a mechanical or unoriginal fashion.
Origin of carpenter
1Other words from carpenter
- un·car·pen·tered, adjective
Other definitions for Carpenter (2 of 2)
John Alden, 1876–1951, U.S. composer.
(Malcolm) Scott, 1925–2013, U.S. astronaut and oceanographer.
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British Dictionary definitions for carpenter (1 of 2)
/ (ˈkɑːpɪntə) /
a person skilled in woodwork, esp in buildings, ships, etc
(intr) to do the work of a carpenter
(tr) to make or fit together by or as if by carpentry
Origin of carpenter
1British Dictionary definitions for Carpenter (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkɑːpɪntə) /
John Alden. 1876–1951, US composer, who used jazz rhythms in orchestral music: his works include the ballet Skyscrapers (1926) and the orchestral suite Adventures in a Perambulator (1915)
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