CARPENTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carpentry mean? 

• CARPENTRY (noun)
  The noun CARPENTRY has 1 sense:

1. the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood

  Familiarity information: CARPENTRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARPENTRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

carpentry; woodwork; woodworking

Hypernyms ("carpentry" is a kind of...):

craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)

Domain member category:

stud (provide with or construct with studs)

dado (cut a dado into or fit into a dado)

dado (provide with a dado)

articulate; joint (provide with a joint)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carpentry"):

cabinetry; cabinetwork (the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality))

cabinetmaking; joinery (the craft of a joiner)

Derivation:

carpenter (work as a carpenter)

 Context examples 

Certain jobs such as industrial jobs or hobbies such as carpentry make this type of injury more likely.

(Eye Injuries, NIH)

The products you use for cleaning, carpentry, auto repair, gardening, and many other household uses can contain ingredients that can harm you, your family, and the environment.

(Household Products, Environmental Protection Agency)

Over the little mantelshelf, was a picture of the Sarah Jane lugger, built at Sunderland, with a real little wooden stern stuck on to it; a work of art, combining composition with carpentry, which I considered to be one of the most enviable possessions that the world could afford.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)