I.
noun
1 activity needing skill with your hands
ADJECTIVE
▪ skilled
▪
Sheep shearing is a highly skilled ~.
▪ ancient , traditional
▪ country , local , rural
VERB + CRAFT
▪ practise/practice
▪
The men practised various traditional ~s.
CRAFT + NOUN
▪ activity , project , work
▪ industry
▪ worker
▪ centre/center , exhibition , fair , show , workshop
▪ shop ( esp. BrE ), store ( esp. AmE )
▪ skill
▪ tradition
▪ guild , union
▪ foam , glue ( AmE ), knife
PHRASES
▪ art and ~
▪
Subjects taught include art and ~, drama, and languages.
▪ arts and ~s
▪
The gallery has major exhibitions of arts and ~s.
2 all the skills needed for an activity
VERB + CRAFT
▪ hone , learn , master , perfect , study
▪
It took her years to perfect her ~.
▪ ply ( esp. AmE )
▪
comedians plying their ~ for an agency
PHRASES
▪ a master of your ~
▪
a carpenter who is a real master of his ~
3 boat
ADJECTIVE
▪ small
▪ assault , fishing , landing , patrol , pleasure , river , sailing
II.
verb
Craft is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ movie , ↑ prose , ↑ thriller