Carpentry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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