A carpenter is a person whose job is making and repairing wooden things.
Synonyms: joiner, cabinet-maker, woodworker More Synonyms of carpenter
carpenter in British English
(ˈkɑːpɪntə)
noun
1.
a person skilled in woodwork, esp in buildings, ships, etc
verb
2. (intransitive)
to do the work of a carpenter
3. (transitive)
to make or fit together by or as if by carpentry
Word origin
C14: from Anglo-French, from Latin carpentārius wagon-maker, from carpentum wagon; of Celtic origin
Carpenter in British English
(ˈkɑːpɪntə)
noun
John Alden. 1876–1951, US composer, who used jazz rhythms in orchestral music: his works include the ballet Skyscrapers (1926) and the orchestral suite Adventures in a Perambulator (1915)
carpenter in American English
(ˈkɑrpəntər)
noun
1.
a workman who builds and repairs wooden things, esp. the wooden parts of buildings, ships, etc.
verb intransitive
2.
to do a carpenter's work
verb transitive
3.
to make or repair by or as if by carpentry
Word origin
ME & Anglo-Fr < LL carpentarius, carpenter, wagon maker < L carpentum, two-wheeled carriage, cart < Gaul
Examples of 'carpenter' in a sentence
carpenter
We need to keep these plumbers and carpenters in business.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Everyone knew something big was in the works when the carpenters arrived.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
One option is to get a carpenter to make a repair job using an alternative hinge.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Trained builders, electricians and carpenters keep an eye on their efforts.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He is an able builder and carpenter, but only if using the right stuff.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You're a carpenter and joiner by trade.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He was a very skilled carpenter, so incredibly creative and patient.
The Sun (2013)
Repair costs are more than 500 and he cannot get to work as a carpenter without the van.
The Sun (2014)
A couple of arty carpenters work with sustainable wood.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
To refurbish the house he enlisted members of the Staatsoper chorus to work as carpenters and to sew costumes.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since1945 (2003)
I'm a joiner and carpenter by trade.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They've become painters or carpenters and pretend they haven't been there.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
My friend's son may have a future as a carpenter, plumber or electrician.
The Sun (2009)
The mundane becomes the edge of glory, just as a carpenter's son became a healer.
Christianity Today (2000)
They had people to make barrels, carpenters, interpreters.
Edward Beauclerk Maurice THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic (2004)
A welder, a carpenter, an electrician.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
And would a carpenter or builder be able to lay it for me, or do I need a specialist?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
carpenter
British English: carpenter /ˈkɑːpɪntə/ NOUN
A carpenter is a person whose job is making and repairing wooden things.
American English: carpenter
Arabic: نـَجَّار
Brazilian Portuguese: carpinteiro
Chinese: 木匠
Croatian: tesar
Czech: tesař
Danish: tømrer
Dutch: timmerman
European Spanish: carpintero
Finnish: puuseppä
French: menuisier
German: Zimmermann
Greek: ξυλουργός
Italian: falegname
Japanese: 大工
Korean: 목수
Norwegian: snekker
Polish: stolarz
European Portuguese: carpinteiro
Romanian: tâmplar
Russian: плотник
Latin American Spanish: carpintero
Swedish: grovsnickare
Thai: ช่างไม้
Turkish: marangoz
Ukrainian: тесля
Vietnamese: thợ mộc
All related terms of 'carpenter'
carpenter ant
any of a genus ( Camponotus ) of large ants that build nests in wooden buildings, tree trunks , etc. by gnawing out a complicated series of chambers
carpenter bee
any large solitary bee of the genus Xylocopa and related genera that lays its eggs in tunnels bored into wood or in plant stems : family Apidae
bush carpenter
a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
carpenter moth
any of various large moths of the family Cossidae, the larvae of which bore beneath and cause damage to tree bark
carpenter's hammer
a hammer with a cleft at one end of the head for extracting nails
Chinese translation of 'carpenter'
carpenter
(ˈkɑːpɪntəʳ)
n(c)
木匠 (mùjiàng) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
a person who makes or repairs wooden structures
a carpenter who specializes in restoring antique furniture