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carpenter
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carpenter
Noun
  • A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
  • A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water. nautical
  • A two-wheeled carriage
Verb
  • to work as a carpenter
Carpenter
Proper noun
  • An occupational surname​ derived from the trade name carpenter.
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