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CARPENTER'S SQUARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carpenter's square mean? 

CARPENTER'S SQUARE (noun)
  The noun CARPENTER'S SQUARE has 1 sense:

1. a steel square used by carpenters; larger than a try squareplay

  Familiarity information: CARPENTER'S SQUARE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARPENTER'S SQUARE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A steel square used by carpenters; larger than a try square

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("carpenter's square" is a kind of...):

square (a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles)


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