CARPENTER


Meaning of CARPENTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkɑ:pɪntə ]

n. & v. --n. a person skilled in woodwork, esp. of a structural kind (cf. JOINER). --v. 1 intr. do carpentry. 2 tr. make by means of carpentry. 3 tr. (often foll. by together) construct; fit together. øcarpenter ant any large ant of the genus Camponotus, boring into wood to nest. carpenter bee any of various solitary bees, which bore into wood. [ME & AF; OF carpentier f. LL carpentarius f. carpentum wagon f. Gaulish]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.