carpenter

CEFRC1

/ˈkɑː.pən.tə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who makes and repairs wooden things.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.

Examples

  • A bad carpenter quarrels with his tools.

  • Abraham Lincoln's father was a carpenter by trade.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkɑɹpəndɚ/
  • /ˈkɑɹpəntɚ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A two-wheeled carriage.

  2. A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.

  3. A carpenter bee.

More examples

In context

  • The large, stout African bees are carpenters (Xylocopa), making small tunnels in timber, housing few individuals.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English carpenter, from Anglo-Norman carpenter (compare Old French charpentier), from Late Latin carpentārius (“a carpenter”), from Latin carpentārius (“a wagon-maker, carriage-maker”), from Latin carpentum (“a two-wheeled carriage, coach, or chariot, a cart”), from Gaulish carbantos, from Proto-Celtic *karbantos (“chariot, war chariot”), probably related to Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”). Doublet of carpintero. More at car. Displaced native Old English trēowwyrhta (literally “tree worker”).