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carpenter definition

car·pen·ter (kär′pən tər)

noun

a workman who builds and repairs wooden things, esp. the wooden parts of buildings, ships, etc.

Etymology: ME & Anglo-Fr < LL carpentarius, carpenter, wagon maker < L carpentum, two-wheeled carriage, cart < Gaul

intransitive verb

to do a carpenter's work

transitive verb

to make or repair by or as if by carpentry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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