carpenting

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noun

The work or skill of a carpenter, carpentry.

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Meanings

carpenting1

nouncarpenting (countable and uncountable, plural carpentings)

plural carpentings

  1. countablenonstandardrareuncountableThe work or skill of a carpenter, carpentry.

    We climbed the ladder into the loft that was strewn with farming implements and with carpenting tools.

    1983, D. H. Lawrence, Andrew Robertson, James T. Boulton, The White Peacock, page 237
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    He had not always been a day labourer but learnt carpenting skills from his father who was also a carpenter.

    1989, Educational and Psychological Interactions - Issues 93-99, page 60

    If a carpenter and a cobbler were to exchange trades, Plato complains, the result would be poor carpenting and cobbling […]

    2011, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought

carpenting2

noun
  1. misspellingMisspelling of carpeting.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
carpentry

Origin

carpenting · noun

From carpent(er), carpent(ry) + -ing.

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carpenting · noun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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