carpentering

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noun

Carpentry.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nouncarpentering (uncountable)
  1. uncountableCarpentry.

    I always had a fancy for carpentering, and was handy with tools.

    1901, Henry Lawson, Joe Wilson and His Mates
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    Frequently, at one and the same time, you see every trade in operation on the gun-deck--coopering, carpentering, tailoring, tinkering, blacksmithing, rope-making, preaching, gambling, and fortune-telling.

    1892, Herman Melville, White Jacket

    Here, in the evenings, they studied blacksmithing, carpentering, and other necessary arts [...]

    1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC

    Sixteen years after he started Lumpen in Champaign, Marszewski is supporting his empire by carpentering, designing Web sites, and working at his mother's Bridgeport bar.

    2007 January 26, Deanna Isaacs, “Have Your Rebellion and Deduct It Too”, in Chicago Reader
verb
  1. participlepresentpresent participle of carpenter

Origin

From carpenter + -ing.

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APA

carpentering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpentering

MLA

“carpentering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpentering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carpentering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpentering.

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