carpentry
The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
Other meanings
The trade of cutting and joining wood, timber, or lumber; woodworking.
A carpenter’s workshop.
Related words
- carpentry square
- petrified carpentry
Word history
From Anglo-Norman "carpenterie".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “carpentry” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.