car·pen·ter
(kär′pən-tər)n. A skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures.
v. car·pen·tered, car·pen·ter·ing, car·pen·ters
v.tr. To make, finish, or repair (wooden structures).
v.intr. To work as a carpenter.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin
carpentārius (artifex),
(maker) of a carriage, from
carpentum,
a two-wheeled carriage,
of Celtic origin; see
kers- in
Indo-European roots.]
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