carpenter

/ˈkɑrpəntər/

/ˈkɑpɛntə/

Other forms: carpenters; carpentering; carpentered

A carpenter is a person who makes things out of wood. You could hire a carpenter to build you a dining room table and two long benches.

Carpenters specialize in woodworking, making furniture and buildings from wood and repairing various wooden things. If you wanted beautiful handmade wooden cabinets in your kitchen, you'd hire a carpenter. The word has been around since the 14th century, but it's been a common last name for even longer. It comes from the Late Latin carpentarius, "wagon maker," with its root word carpentum, "wagon."

Definitions of carpenter

1. noun

   a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
   examples:

   Joseph

   (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus

   type of:

   woodman, woodsman, woodworker

   makes things out of wood
2. verb

   work as a carpenter
   type of:

   work

   exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity