carpentry

2 definitions found

carpentry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Carpentry \Car"pen*try\, n. [F. charpenterie, OF. also
     carpenterie. See Carpenter.]
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     1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the
        construction of buildings.
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     2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being
        framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.;
        work done by a carpenter.
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carpentry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  carpentry
      n 1: the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood [syn:
           carpentry, woodworking, woodwork]