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carpentering

carpentering noun: carpentry. Also the present participle of carpenter.

Noun

carpentering (uncountable)

  1. Carpentry.
    • Frequently, at one and the same time, you see every trade in operation on the gun-deck--coopering, carpentering, tailoring, tinkering, blacksmithing, rope-making, preaching, gambling, and fortune-telling.1892, Herman Melville, White Jacket
    • I always had a fancy for carpentering, and was handy with tools.1901, Henry Lawson, Joe Wilson and His Mates

Also used as

carpentering is also the present participle of carpenter.

Examples of carpentering in a sentence

  • Here, in the evenings, they studied blacksmithing, carpentering, and other necessary arts [...]1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […]...
  • Sixteen years after he started Lumpen in Champaign, Marszewski is supporting his empire by carpentering, designing Web sites, and working at his mother's Bridgeport bar.2007 January 26, Deanna Isaacs, “Have Your Rebellion and Deduct It Too”, in Chicago Reader:

Origin of carpentering

From carpenter + -ing.

Questions about carpentering

What does carpentering mean?
Carpentering means carpentry.
How do you use carpentering in a sentence?
Here, in the evenings, they studied blacksmithing, carpentering, and other necessary arts [...]
What part of speech is carpentering?
Carpentering is a noun.

Words near carpentering in the dictionary

  1. carpenter's hat
  2. carpenter's pencil
  3. carpenter's square
  4. carpenter's squares
  5. carpentered
  6. carpentering
  7. carpenterly
  8. carpenters
  9. carpenters' pencils
  10. carpentership
  11. Carpentersville

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