carpenter
/ˈkɑː.pən.tə//ˈkɑɹpəntɚ/
noun
- 1
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
- 2
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.
- 3
A two-wheeled carriage.
- 4
A carpenter bee.
- 5
A woodlouse.
verb
- 1
To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.
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