carpentry
Syllables: carp·entry/ˈkɑː.pɪn.tri/
carpentry noun: the trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
Noun
carpentry (countable and uncountable, plural carpentries)
- The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
- The trade of cutting and joining wood, timber, or lumber; woodworking.
- A carpenter’s workshop.
- A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
- fine carpentry for sale
carpentry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
carpentry in Hindi
- बढ़ईगीरी, बढ़ईकाम
carpentry in Tamil
- தச்சு வேலை, மர வேலை, தச்சு, மரவேலை
carpentry in Marathi
- सुतारकाम, सुथारकाम, सुतारगिरी
carpentry in Urdu
- trade of cutting and joining timber
- نجاری najjārī
More languagesFewer languages
- carpentry in Bengali
- ছুতোর কাজ
- carpentry in Telugu
- వడ్రంగము vaḍraṅgamu
- carpentry in Malayalam
- ആശാരിപ്പണി, തച്ചുവേല, മരപ്പണി
- carpentry in Kannada
- ಮರಗೆಲಸ, ಬಡಗಿಯ ವೃತ್ತಿ, ಬಡಗಿತನ
- carpentry in Punjabi
- ਕਾਰਪੈਂਟਰੀ
- carpentry in Gujarati
- સુથારકામ, સુથારગીરી
- carpentry in Arabic
- نِجَارة nijāra
- carpentry in Persian
- نجاری najjâri
Examples of carpentry in a sentence
- He mostly works in logging but sometimes works in carpentry too.
- My dad is quite clever with his hands, especially at carpentry.
- I think my carpentry should run to making a window.
Synonyms of carpentry
Forms of carpentry
| plural | carpentries |
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Origin of carpentry
From Middle English carpentrie, from Anglo-Norman carpenterie, from Old Northern French (compare French charpenterie). See carpenter.
Words formed from carpentry
Phrases with carpentry
Questions about carpentry
- What does carpentry mean?
- Carpentry means the trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
- What is carpentry in Hindi?
- Carpentry in Hindi is बढ़ईगीरी, बढ़ईकाम. See Carpentry meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is carpentry?
- Carpentry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce carpentry?
- Carpentry is pronounced /ˈkɑː.pɪn.tri/ (UK).
- What is the plural of carpentry?
- The plural of carpentry is carpentries.
Words near carpentry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: carpentry (page history and authors); carpentry (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carpentry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); carpentry (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carpentry (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carpentry (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); carpentry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); carpentry (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carpentry (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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