Definitions for carpentry

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carpentry car·pen·try

Spelling: [kahr-puh n-tree]

IPA: /ˈkɑr pən tri/

Carpentry is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 414 anagrams from letters in carpentry (acenprrty).

Definitions for carpentry

noun

1. the trade of a carpenter:
2. the work produced by a carpenter.
3. the way in which something, especially a work of literature, is structured.

Origin of carpentry

1350-1400; Middle English carpentrie Old North French Latin carpentāria (fabrica) carriage-maker's (workshop). See carpenter, -y³

Examples for carpentry

There is no trade which offers such a useful field as carpentry.

He came to this country from England in 1803, and worked at his trade of carpentry.

There were young men educated in foreign tongues, but few in carpentry or in mechanical or architectural drawing.

"Introduction to the Mechanical Principles of carpentry," 1827.

After tea, he went to the shed to his carpentry or his woodcarving.

It is used in joinery, as in door-frames, but not in carpentry.

The carpentry instructor; A taint of Hinduism; he retains his pigtail.

The Lantern also is of English oak, and its construction a curious piece of carpentry.

Learning a skill like carpentry is an important therapeutic element, according to Moratti.

She often worked multiple jobs at a time, including tutoring, carpentry, mowing highways, waiting tables, and clerking.