CARPENTER ANT

Meaning of CARPENTER ANT in English

a black or brown ant of the genus Camponotus that nests in the wood of decaying or dead trees in which it bores tunnels for depositing its eggs.

[ 1880-85 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

CARPENTER ANT — noun Date: 1883 an ant (especially genus Camponotus ) that gnaws galleries especially in dead or decaying wood
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CARPENTER ANT — noun : an ant (as American members of the genus Camponotus ) that gnaws galleries in wood especially when dead …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARPENTER ANT — Date: 1883 : an ant (especially genus Camponotus ) that gnaws galleries especially in dead or decaying wood
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CARPENTER ANT — Function: noun Date: 1883 : an ant (esp. genus Camponotus ) that gnaws galleries especially in dead or decaying wood …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CARPENTER ANT — ■ noun a large ant which burrows into wood to make a nest. [Genus Camponotus .]
Concise Oxford English vocab
CARPENTER ANT — [carpenter ant] n (1883): an ant (esp. genus Camponotus) that gnaws galleries esp. in dead or decayed wood
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CARPENTER-ANT — сущ. муравей-древоточец (энтомология) муравей-древоточец (Camponotus gen.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CARPENTER-ANT — n энт. муравей-древоточец ( Camponotus gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CARPENTER-ANT — муравей-древоточец
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CARPENTER ANT — (0) муравей-древоточец
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CARPENTER-ANT — n энт. муравей-древоточец ( Camponotus gen. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CARPENTER-ANT — n энт. муравей-древоточец ( Camponotus gen. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CARPENTER ANT — муравей-древоточец
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CARPENTER ANT — муравей-древоточец
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CARPENTER-ANT — сущ. муравей-древоточец
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CARPENTER-ANT — сущ. муравей-древоточец
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CARPENTER ANT — муравей-древоточец (Camponotus)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CARPENTER ANT — муравей-древоточец ( Camponotus )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CARPENTER-ANT — _n. муравей-древоточец
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CARPENTER-ANT — n. муравей-древоточец
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CARPENTER-ANT — муравей-древоточец
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CARPENTER-ANT — сущ. муравей-древоточец (энтомология) муравей-древоточец (Camponotus gen.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ANT — Airport Name : St. Anton Airport Airport Location : St. Anton, Austria IATA Code : ANT ICAO Code : n.a.
Airport Code English Dictionary
CARPENTER — v. carpentar (-ero)
English interlingue dictionary
CARPENTER — mamamanday;panday
English-Visayan vocabulary
CARPENTER — I. noun see: car Date: 14th century a worker who builds or repairs wooden structures or their structural parts, II. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANT — Any member of approximately 8,000 species of the social insect family Formicidae. Ants are found worldwide but are especially common …
Английский словарь Британика
CARPENTER — I. ˈkärpəntə(r), ˈkȧp-, -p ə mt- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old North French carpentier, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANT — I. ˈant, ˈaa-, ˈai- rarely ˈȧ- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ante, amete, emete, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-ANT — I. ənt, ə nt noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from -ant, present participle suffix, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARPENTER — (n.) An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
CARPENTER — ( n. ) An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CARPENTER — /kahr"peuhn teuhr/ , n. 1. John Alden , 1876-1951, U.S. composer. 2. (Malcolm) Scott , born 1925, U.S. astronaut and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CARPENTER — /kahr"peuhn teuhr/ , n. 1. a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving. v.i. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-ANT — a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from verbs, occurring originally in French and Latin loanwords ( pleasant; constant; servant ) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANT — — antlike , adj. /ant/ , n. 1. any of numerous black, red, brown, or yellow social insects of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CARPENTER — n. woodworker, one who makes things out of wood
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CARPENTER — I. ˈkär-pən-tər, ˈkär-p ə m-tər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French carpenter, charpenter, from Latin carpentarius carriage maker, from carpentum …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANT — I. ˈant noun Etymology: Middle English ante, emete, from Old English æmette; akin to Old High German āmeiza ant Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-ANT — I. noun suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from -ant, present participle suffix, from Latin -ant-, -ans, present participle suffix …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CARPENTER — noun an artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, ·etc.
Webster English vocab
CARPENTER — ■ noun a person who makes wooden objects and structures. ■ verb make by shaping wood. Derivatives carpentry noun Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CARPENTER — [car.pen.ter] n [ME, fr. ONF carpentier, fr. L carpentarius carriage maker, fr. carpentum carriage, of Celt origin; akin to OIr …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANT — [ant] abbreviation antenna, antonym Ant abbreviation Antarctica, Antrim
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-ANT — [-ant] n suffix [ME, fr. OF, fr. -ant, prp. suffix, fr. L -ant-, -ans, prp. suffix of first conjugation, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANT
Britannica English vocabulary
CARPENTER — carpenter, C~ BrE AmE ˈkɑːp ə nt ə -ɪnt-, ⇨-mt- AmE ˈkɑːrp ə n t̬ ə r ⇨-m t̬ - …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANT — ant, Ant BrE AmE ænt ▷ ants æn t s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CARPENTER — / ˈkɑːpəntə(r); NAmE ˈkɑːrp-/ noun a person whose job is making and repairing wooden objects and structures —compare joiner •• …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANT — / ænt; NAmE / noun a small insect that lives in highly organized groups. There are many types of ant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CARPENTER — car ‧ pen ‧ ter /ˈkɑːpəntə, ˈkɑːpɪntə $ ˈkɑːrpəntər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old North …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ANT — ant /ænt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æmette ] 1 . a small insect that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CARPENTER — n. & v. --n. a person skilled in woodwork, esp. of a structural kind (cf. JOINER). --v. 1 intr. do …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ANT — n. any small insect of a widely distributed hymenopterous family, living in complex social colonies, wingless (except for males in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
-ANT — suffix 1 forming adjectives denoting attribution of an action (pendant; repentant) or state (arrogant; expectant). 2 forming nouns denoting an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CARPENTER — n. & v. n. a person skilled in woodwork, esp. of a structural kind (cf. JOINER). v. 1 intr. do …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ANT — n. any small insect of a widely distributed hymenopterous family, living in complex social colonies, wingless (except for males in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CARPENTER — n. & v. --n. a person skilled in woodwork, esp. of a structural kind (cf. JOINER). --v. 1. intr. do …
Oxford English vocab
ANT — n. any small insect of a widely distributed hymenopterous family, living in complex social colonies, wingless (except for males in …
Oxford English vocab
CARPENTER — ( carpenters) A carpenter is a person whose job is making and repairing wooden things. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CARPENTER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A solid carpenter is better, he seems more human, less institutional. ▪ He also brought …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ANT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an ants' nest ▪ a red ants' nest fire ant snake/ant etc bite COLLOCATIONS FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CARPENTER — [noun] [C] - a person whose job is making and repairing wooden objects and structuresWe've found a good carpenter to …
Cambridge English vocab
ANT — n. Any member of approximately 8,000 species of the social insect family Formicidae. Ants are found worldwide but are especially …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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