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carpenter
1. n. A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
2. n. (nautical) 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 responsibilit
3. n. A two-wheeled carriage.
4. n. (zoology) A carpenter bee.
5. n. (Canada, Britain, regional) A woodlouse.
6. v. To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.

Example Sentences

I have three brothers; one is pilot, another a diplomat and the other a carpenter.  One becomes a good writer just as one becomes a good carpenter: by planing down one's sentences.

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