carpentry
The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair…The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
» Have you ever done carpentry work?
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
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
(countable)A carpenter’s workshop.
Tischlerei
(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
- the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood
Examples
12 sentencesHave you ever done carpentry work?
Tom is writing a book about carpentry.
Tom's hobbies are gardening, sailing, carpentry and cycling.
I don't think Tom knows anything about carpentry.
I don't think that Tom knows anything about carpentry.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English carpentrie, from Anglo-Norman carpenterie, from Old Northern French (cFrom Middle English carpentrie, from Anglo-Norman carpenterie, from Old Northern French (compare French charpenterie). See carpenter.
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Forms
plural: carpentries| Singular | carpentry |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood:woodworkingwoodwork
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable