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Meaning of CARPENTRY

Pronunciation:  'kârpuntree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood
 
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 Synonyms: woodwork, woodworking
 
 See Also: cabinetmaking, cabinetry, cabinetwork, craft, joinery, trade

 

 

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Carpentry
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Car"pen*try\, n. [F. charpenterie, OF. also
carpenterie. See {Carpenter}.]
1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the
   construction of buildings.
2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being
   framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.;
   work done by a carpenter.
 

 

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