Meaning

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

  2. The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.

    (uncountable)The trade of cutting and joining wood, timber, or lumber; woodworking.

    Schreinerei, Tischlerei, Zimmerei

    столя́рничествоstoljárničestvo, плотничье де́лоplotničʹje délo, плотницкие работыplotnickije raboty

    тесля́рствоtesljárstvo

  3. (countable)A carpenter’s workshop.

    Tischlerei

  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

More definitions
  • the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood

Examples

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  1. Have you ever done carpentry work?

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  2. Tom is writing a book about carpentry.

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  3. Tom's hobbies are gardening, sailing, carpentry and cycling.

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  4. I don't think Tom knows anything about carpentry.

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  5. I don't think that Tom knows anything about carpentry.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English carpentrie, from Anglo-Norman carpenterie, from Old Northern French (c

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

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Forms

plural: carpentries
Singularcarpentry
Pluralcarpentries

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

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