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carpentry

[ kahr-puhn-tree ]

noun

  1. the trade of a carpenter:

    He earned his living at carpentry.

  2. the work produced by a carpenter.
  3. the way in which something, especially a work of literature, is structured.


carpentry

/ ˈkɑːpɪntrɪ /

noun

  1. the art or technique of working wood
  2. the work produced by a carpenter; woodwork
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of carpentry1

1350–1400; Middle English carpentrie < Old North French < Latin carpentāria ( fabrica ) carriage-maker's (workshop). See carpenter, -y 3
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Example Sentences

Jon Lorsch, director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health, described the innovation in terms of “molecular carpentry.”

By contrast, I recently had to google simple carpentry terms while editing a story about a couple of guys who raised a cabin in the woods.

He had completed a carpentry program and done a lot of work around the house, building a floor for the shed and learning from his mother’s new boyfriend how to work on cars.

On March 29, he asked his mom to print out his résumé and carpentry certificate and then headed to nearby Philadelphia Mills mall with some friends, to get an outfit from Dickies for work.

Yet the ultimate fate of the Saratoga Springs, New York, resident who loved music, carpentry and his wife, Anne, is mired in a mystery that begins almost exactly where his autobiography ended.

From Ozy

There were young men educated in foreign tongues, but few in carpentry or in mechanical or architectural drawing.

She often worked multiple jobs at a time, including tutoring, carpentry, mowing highways, waiting tables, and clerking.

Learning a skill like carpentry is an important therapeutic element, according to Moratti.

The various modes adopted for resting and fixing the ends of joists on walls are treated in the article Carpentry.

In this field, as in "Carpentry," I do not find any guide which is adapted to teach the boy the fundamentals of mechanics.

The two men spent afternoons together on the land or in the loft doing carpentry, when it rained.

This call for assistance came from a small house, poorly constructed by those who had little skill in the art of carpentry.

The following trades are taught: domestic science and domestic art, carpentry, wood-turning, machinery and blacksmithing.

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