carpentry

«carpentry» in Mova's school dictionary: the skill or job of making and fixing things from wood… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (carpentry, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Carpentry is the skill or job of making and fixing things from wood, like tables, doors and roof frames. tree →

2) The woodwork itself: the carpentry in the old church. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in design and technology lessons, jobs talk (a carpenter), Bible stories (Joseph and Jesus were carpenters, the Gospels say) and safety (tools, goggles).

examples

• Uncle Ben learned carpentry at college. tree →
• Carpentry needs careful measuring. tree →
• We did some simple carpentry in DT. tree →
• The carpentry in this house is beautiful. tree →
• Jesus learned carpentry from Joseph, Christians believe. tree →
• Wear goggles when you do carpentry. tree →

note

Uncountable: no «a carpentry». Person: carpenter. In maths problems carpentry means measuring lengths and cutting: «measure twice, cut once».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «carpentry» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.