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.
Phrases and idioms:
carpenter ant any large ant of the genus Camponotus, boring into wood to nest. carpenter bee any of various solitary bees, which bore into wood.
Etymology: ME & AF; OF carpentier f. LL carpentarius f. carpentum wagon f. Gaulish