carpenter
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈkɑːrpəntər/
:
carpintero
- Go to trade school, get a vocation, become an electrician, Carpenter, plumber, mechanic.
- work as a carpenter
- carpenters build
- carpenter's hammer
Go to trade school, get a vocation, become an electrician, Carpenter, plumber, mechanic.
- Go to trade school, get a vocation, become an electrician, Carpenter, plumber, mechanic.
- In fact, I was a Carpenter and then I became a scenery Carpenter.
- So the getaway driver was a Carpenter at the time.
- When he came back home, they were like, aren't you the carpenter's son, like little old Jesus, right.
- Shackleton took the step with the muting ship's Carpenter.
- You pay more for a machinist than I'll say a Carpenter.
- And this is not to say such career choices as being a mechanic of being a Carpenter, being a plumber are not good.
- He sort of compares virtue to any other craft that, you know, a Carpenter builds stuff and that's how they become a Carpenter.
- Clearly I'm no Carpenter though if you've seen some of our attempts at wood things.
Examples
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The man had been working as a carpenter at a construction site.
Academic text (2002) -
In the meantime, I've got a bunch of hungry carpenters right on my tail.
Fiction book (1992) -
Well, I am a carpenter, according to my old man.
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In fact, I was a Carpenter and then I became a scenery Carpenter.
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You would not ask a carpenter to build a house with only a hammer.
Academic text (1998) -
He was a Carpenter, worked with his hands.
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He's managed to break both his legs in his occupation as a Carpenter, falling down from some height.
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Still others will become needed carpenters, plumbers, automobile mechanics, and other highly valued individuals.
Academic text (1999) -
Like most who prefer living in the bush, Jones is a competent carpenter, electrician, and mechanic.
Academic text (2003) -
The carpenter skillfully repaired the wooden staircase in the old house.
Synonyms
4
3.9
A person who makes or repairs things from wood
1
5.5
A worker who makes and joins wooden parts like doors, windows, and furniture
1
8.4
A person who makes and fixes things from wood
A person who makes things from wood by cutting and shaping it
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
carpenter = carpent + er
Although built with the agentive suffix '-er', the stem 'carpent' is not a standalone modern English word, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from known components.
Etymology
Carpenter comes from an old Latin word carpentarius, which meant someone who made 'wagons'. Wagons needed strong woodwork, so the word came to mean a person who makes or repairs wooden things.