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CARPENTRY

\kˈɑːpəntɹi], \kˈɑːpəntɹi], \k_ˈɑː_p_ə_n_t_ɹ_i]\

Definitions of CARPENTRY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

The trade or work of a carpenter; wood-work.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The art, trade, or work of a carpenter.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The art of framing and joining timber in the construction of buildings.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. Art of cutting, framing, and joining timber;—pieces of timber framed and connected, &c.;—the work of a carpenter.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

The trade of a carpenter.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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