furniture maker
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈfɜrnɪtʃər ˈmeɪkər/
:
fabricante de muebles
- After years of training, she became a skilled furniture maker, specializing in custom pieces.
- studio furniture maker
- an accomplished furniture maker
- furniture maker and designer
Examples
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As with Pichtaro, the furniture makers in Capcuaro display their goods outside the storefronts, plainly visible from the road.
Academic text (2004) -
Lute McNeil was growing rich in Boston as a furniture maker.
Fiction book (1995) -
Sold to a furniture maker in Scotland.
Fiction book (2000) -
As expected, furniture makers who had shifted to China started to think about shifting back to the US.
Blog text (3) -
It was put in by the furniture maker.
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He bought himself a saw and some carving chisels and became a furniture maker like his father.
Fiction book (1998) -
The orchard has been getting calls from antique dealers and furniture makers, all wanting to get their hands on those hand-hewn, axe-cut beams.
Blog text (16) -
The furniture maker crafted a beautiful dining table from reclaimed wood.
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The local furniture maker received an award for his innovative chair designs.
Synonyms
128
1.6
A person who makes or fixes things from wood, like furniture
4
3.9
A person who makes or repairs things from wood
3
5.8
A person who makes fine wooden furniture like cupboards by hand
1
5.5
A worker who makes and joins wooden parts like doors, windows, and furniture
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who makes furniture' is directly and transparently composed from 'furniture' (large household or office items) + 'maker' (a person who produces something). This simple noun+noun compounding is a productive and cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Furniture maker comes from the simple image of someone making furniture. Think of a maker in a small workshop shaping wood into chairs and tables, and you can see why it means 'a person who makes furniture'.