carpenter
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car·pen·ter
(kär'pən-tər) 
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.
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.Word Tutor:
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carpenter
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).
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carpenter
sign description: The right A hand slides across the flat left hand in a repeated motion. This sign is followed by the PERSON MAKER.
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Carpenter
Dansk (Danish)
n. - tømrer, bygningssnedker
v. tr. - tømre sammen
v. intr. - tømre, snedkerere
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
Português (Portuguese)
n. - carpinteiro (m)
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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