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carpentry

carpentry

19 3.5
Making and fixing things from wood, like furniture or roofs
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑːrpəntri/
translation icon : carpintería
  • Her passion for carpentry led her to create beautiful wooden toys for children.
  • jobs in carpentry
  • carpentry and masonry
  • carpentry and plumbing

He does, you know, carpentry and painting and sheetrocking and all that kind of stuff.

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Examples

  • Tom Vessella is an assistant professor of carpentry at Los Angeles Trade Technical College.

    Academic text (2012)
  • My next job was as a laborer on a rough carpentry crew while going to school.

    Blog text (27)
  • Old man owns a carpentry shop there.

  • The carpentry shop is gone.

  • And I, uh... I also do my own carpentry.

  • Besides, she says, she can do some carpentry to supplement.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Not the most skilled at carpentry.

  • You know, that's a big part of it because when I was really small, my father did a lot of carpentry, carpentry work.

  • I tell her I've been doing roofing and carpentry since I moved here.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Bobbie does occasional carpentry work on the Victorian mansions nearby, just to keep himself going.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

woodworking
vscarpentry
12 3.2

A way of making things from wood by hand or with tools

is more trade and repair oriented rather than hobby focused
woodwork
vscarpentry
3 3.4

Making things from wood by hand, often as a hobby

is broader, applying to skill and repair of wooden objects and structures
woodcraft
vscarpentry
6.0

Skill in carving and shaping wood to make objects like furniture

is about building and repairing useful wooden structures rather than carving skills

How Complex

carpentry
19 3.5
timberwork
  • Specialized
4.2
woodwork
4 3.3

Surface Forms

carpentry singular
carpentries plural

Morphology

carpentry = carpenter (transparent) = carpenter + ry

The suffix '-ry' denotes a trade or occupation, clearly extending the meaning of 'carpenter' to the skill or activity.

Etymology

Carpentry comes from an old Latin word for a wooden 'wagon' and is related to carpenter, which once meant a 'wagon maker' and later a 'wood worker'. So carpentry is the skill of making and repairing things from wood.