carpenter
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber to construct buildings or other structures.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
kahrpuhnterSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɑɹpəntɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
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 responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.
A number of places in the United States
A ghost town in Mesa County, Colorado.
A minor city in Mitchell County, Iowa.
A two-wheeled carriage.
verb
transitiveintransitive
To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
Used this way, carpenter is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use carpenter
- “The carpenter carefully measured the wood for the new cabinet.”
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