carpenter
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to…A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
» Tom isn't a very good carpenter.
Tom ist kein sehr guter Zimmermann.
Tom ist kein sehr guter Tischler.
Том не дуже добрий тесляр.
Meaning
5 sensesA person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
Zimmermann, Zimmerer, Zimmerin
пло́тникplótnik, столя́рstoljár
тесля́рtesljár, те́сляtéslja, стола́рstolár
A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.
A two-wheeled carriage.
A carpenter bee.
(Canada, UK, regional)A woodlouse.
- a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
Examples
234 sentencesTom isn't a very good carpenter.
Том не дуже добрий тесляр.
deTom ist kein sehr guter Zimmermann.
Both Tom and Mary are carpenters.
І Том, І Мері — теслі.
Tom and Mary are both carpenters.
І Том, І Мері — теслі.
Mary is a daughter of a carpenter.
Мері - донька тесляра.
Tom is a thirty-year-old carpenter.
Том — тридцятирічний тесляр.
ruТом — тридцатилетний плотник.
deTom ist ein 30 Jahre alter Zimmermann.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English carpenter, from Anglo-Norman carpenter (compare Old French charpentierFrom Middle English carpenter, from Anglo-Norman carpenter (compare Old French charpentier), from Late Latin carpentārius (“a carpenter”), from Latin carpentārius (“a wagon-maker, carriage-maker”), from Latin carpentum (“a two-wheeled carriage, coach, or chariot, a cart”), from Gaulish carbantos, from Proto-Celtic *karbantos (“chariot, war chariot”), probably related to Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”). Doublet of carpintero. More at car.
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Forms
plural: carpenters| Singular | carpenter |
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| Plural | carpenters |
regular
Synonyms
6 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- is a carpenter
- good carpenter
- a good carpenter
- as a carpenter
- become a carpenter
- very good carpenter
- carpenter just like
- pretty good carpenter
- a carpenter just
- hiring a carpenter
- good carpenter that's
- a carpenter for