n.
A skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures.
v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters. v.tr.
To make, finish, or repair (wooden structures).
v.intr.
To work as a carpenter.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin carpentārius (artifex), (maker) of a carriage, from carpentum, a two-wheeled carriage, of Celtic origin.]
carpentry car'pen·try (-trē) n.
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