cabinetmaker
3
5.8
- noun
- /ˈkæbɪtˌmeɪkər/
:
ebanista
- She hired a local cabinetmaker to craft custom furniture for her new home.
Examples
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In fact, had they wanted to do it properly, they might have hired Amos Gaskill to assist them: he was a master carpenter, cabinetmaker, bricklayer, and all-around excellent, meticulous handyman.
Fiction book (2001) -
My father was a cabinetmaker.
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A student who wants to be a cabinetmaker should be able to attend a school with a woodworking program.
Blog text (5) -
He is going to be a cabinetmaker, not a college graduate.
Academic text (1992) -
"My grandfather was a cabinetmaker," he says, "and then went on to become a coach builder."
Blog text (18) -
"Mine was a cabinetmaker."
Fiction book (1994) -
For a while, he seemed to give up movies altogether and apprenticed himself to a cabinetmaker and a cobbler.
Blog text (7) -
One such collector was Richard Anning, a cabinetmaker of Lyme Regis.
Academic text (1995) -
He's earning money to pay old Mr. Barnham, the cabinetmaker, for a special wooden chest he's ordered.
Fiction book (1990) -
His son John McCain put out his shingle in 1889—Cabinetmaker and Undertaker.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
55
4.1
A skilled worker who makes things by hand
39
2.8
A person who makes useful or beautiful things by hand and is very skilled
13
3.7
A person who makes useful or decorative things by hand
4
3.9
A person who makes or repairs things from wood
2
2.9
A person whose job is making chairs or tables for homes
1
5.5
A worker who makes and joins wooden parts like doors, windows, and furniture
1
3.9
A person who makes things by hand with great skill and care
1
9.9
A person who makes things well by hand
A person who makes things from wood by cutting and shaping it
A person who makes useful or decorative things by hand
How Skilled
3
5.8
2
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cabinetmaker combines cabinet and maker. The word cabinet comes from a French word for a 'small room' or 'small box', so a cabinetmaker is a skilled maker of cabinets and fine wooden furniture, which explains the job today.