carpentry
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carpentry
- /ˈkɑː.pɪn.tri/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English carpentrie, from Anglo-Norman carpenterie, from Old Northern French (compare French charpenterie). See carpenter.
noun carpentries
- The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
- The trade of cutting and joining wood, timber, or lumber; woodworking.
- A carpenter’s workshop.
- 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
Similar: carpenting
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: woodworking, woodwork, carpenter, joiner, construction, furniture, wood, woodcutting, timbering, woodmanship, woodsmanship, grafting, woodmancraft, list, welt, timber
noun
Similar: carpenting
Translations
Every language
noun work and objects produced by a carpenter
| 中文 | 木作 mùzuò |
|---|
noun trade of cutting and joining timber
| Español | carpintería |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 木工 mùgōng |
| Português | carpintaria, marcenaria |
| Français | charpenterie |
| Deutsch | Schreinerei, Tischlerei, Zimmerei |
| Italiano | carpenteria |
| Ελληνικά | ξυλουργική xylourgikí |
| Română | tâmplărie |
| Русский | столя́рничество stoljárničestvo, плотничье де́ло plotničʹje délo, плотницкие работы plotnickije raboty, пло́тничество plótničestvo |
| العربية | نِجَارة nijāra |
| עברית | נגרות nagarut |
noun carpenter's workshop
| 中文 | 木工坊 |
|---|---|
| Português | carpintaria |
| Deutsch | Tischlerei |
| Italiano | falegnameria |
| Ελληνικά | ξυλουργείο xylourgeío |
| Română | tâmplărie |
| עברית | נַגָּרִיָּה naggariyá |
Talk about this word "carpentry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/carpentry. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. carpentry. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/carpentry "carpentry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/carpentry.Cite this
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title = {carpentry},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carpentry},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
