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to carpenter

to carpenter

4.2
To make or fix things from wood, like furniture
  • verb
  • /ˈkɑːrpəntər/
translation icon : hacer trabajos de carpintería
  • The architectural tradition had developed along Brazilian and colonial lines with their distinctive technologies, requirements, and forms, among them, carpentered doors and windows.

Examples

  • That night we lay on the oak bed carpentered by my daddy for my mama, his bride.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • They could carpenter, so Jody hired them to go to work on his store bright and early the next morning.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • He spent the afternoon carpentering new shelves for the living room.

  • After finishing his training, he started carpentering furniture for local customers.

  • The students were excited to try carpentering during the woodworking class.

Compounds

carpenter ant
2 5.0

A large ant that lives in holes it makes in rotten wood and lays eggs there

carpenter bee
1 6.4

A large bee that lives alone and makes nests by drilling holes in wood

How Skilled

to master
191 4.1
to carpenter
4.2
to craft
170 3.2

Surface Forms

carpenter infinitive
carpentered past
carpentered past participle
carpentering present participle
carpenters third person singular

Etymology

Carpenter as a verb comes from the same old Latin word carpentarius, originally a 'wagon-maker'. Because making wagons was heavy woodwork, to 'carpenter' now means to work with wood or to make and fix wooden objects.