[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carpenter.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / carpenter

[← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/C/)

# carpenter

«carpenter» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is making and fixing wooden things…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a carpenter, carpenters)

### meaning for a pupil

A carpenter is a person whose job is making and fixing wooden things such as doors, floors, roofs, shelves and furniture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories a carpenter is a skilled worker who measures, saws and builds. In maths problems carpenters cut planks into equal lengths or work out costs. Phrases: «a skilled carpenter», «carpenter's tools».

### examples

- The carpenter built new shelves in our kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x1)
- A carpenter cuts a 3-metre plank into 6 equal pieces; how long is each piece? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x2)
- Measure twice, cut once, says the carpenter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x3)
- The carpenter used a saw, a hammer and nails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x4)
- Carpenters wear goggles to protect their eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x5)
- My uncle is a carpenter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x6)
- “My boy, we need a carpenter here and I have never been one.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x7)

### note

Countable. The work is «carpentry». A «joiner» (UK) makes fine woodwork like doors and windows; a carpenter often works on site. Maths: equal pieces means divide the length.

### In the corpora

- [Joseph was a carpenter who was told in a dream to take Mary as his wife and care for the child.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carpenter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.