carpenter
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
Other meanings
A two-wheeled carriage.
A carpenter bee.
Related words
- carpenterly
- carpentership
- carpentress
- carpent
- carpentering
- carpenter ant
- carpenter bee
- carpenter miller
- formwork carpenter
- shuttering carpenter
- carpenter moth
- carpenter's pencil
Word history
From Latin "carpentum" (a two-wheeled carriage, coach, or chariot, a cart).
Where this comes from
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