noun
carpenter
KAR-pun-ter/ˈkɑːrpəntər/
A person who builds or repairs wooden structures.
The carpenter smooths the wooden door with a plane.
Etymology
The pieces originally meant “pertaining to a wagon,” describing a wagon-maker. That specialized craft name broadened to mean a worker who builds and repairs wooden structures.
In context
as a carpenter you'll work from Blue BL prints and drawings and follow local building codes you'll lay out jobs by measuring marking and arranging cut and fit wood
More examples
- She hired a carpenter to build shelves.
- The carpenter measured the doorway twice.
- Several carpenters worked on the house.
Forms
carpenter · carpenters
carpentry noun — the trade of building in wood
Similar words
- woodworker
- Someone who works in wood more broadly.
- builder
- Someone who constructs buildings or parts of them.