carpenter

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.

IN BRIEF: A worker who builds and repairs wooden things.

As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives. — Buddha (563-483 BC).

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects

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The verb carpenter has one meaning:

Meaning #1: work as a carpenter

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tømrer, bygningssnedker
v. tr. - tømre sammen
v. intr. - tømre, snedkerere

Nederlands (Dutch)
timmerman

Français (French)
n. - charpentier, menuisier
v. tr. - charpenter, faire de la menuiserie
v. intr. - faire de la charpenterie/de la menuiserie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zimmermann
v. - zimmern, tischlern, (übertr.) konstruieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ξυλουργός, μαραγκός

Italiano (Italian)
falegname

Português (Portuguese)
n. - carpinteiro (m)

Русский (Russian)
плотник

Español (Spanish)
n. - carpintero
v. tr. - carpintear
v. intr. - trabajar como carpintero, carpintear

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - snickare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
木工, 木匠, 制作, 机械式地拼凑, 当木匠, 做木匠工作

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 木工, 木匠
v. tr. - 製作, 機械式地拼湊
v. intr. - 當木匠, 做木匠工作

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 목수, 무대 장치원
v. tr. - 목수일로 만들다, 일을 날리다
v. intr. - 목수일을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大工
v. - 大工仕事をする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نجار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נגר‬
v. tr. - ‮הקים חיבר או יצר בעבודת נגרות‬
v. intr. - ‮עבד כנגר‬

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Carpenter Tool Belt