cabinetmakernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæb.ɪ.nətˌmeɪ.kər/us/ˈkæb.ən.ətˌmeɪ.kɚ/a person who makes or repairs good quality furniture
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Building: carpentry & joinery
- beading
- bevel
- bevelled
- carpenter
- carpentry
- gimlet
- jigsaw
- joinery
- mitre
- mortice
- mortice lock
- panel
- plane
- sand
- sandpaper
- sawdust
- season
- shelve
- tenon
- veneer
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Examples from literature
- By this you are to understand that we are having the oak trimming stained very dark so as to match the permanent book-cases which the cabinetmaker has constructed for us, and which will be set up this week.
- He is a cabinetmaker by trade and said to be an excellent tradesman.
- He was a cabinetmaker, and, being a skillful workman, earned very good wages, so that he was able to maintain his family in comfort.
- Some of the furniture is original, and some was made for us by local cabinetmakers out of native hardwood.
- This old cherry, corner cupboard was made for my grandmother by her father, a cabinetmaker, as a wedding gift, and was given me by my mother.