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carpenter: Meaning and Definition of
car•pen•ter
Pronunciation: (kr'pun-tur), [key] ? n.
- a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
?v.i. - to do carpenter's work.
?v.t. - to make by carpentry.
- to construct (a plot, scene, article, or the like) in a mechanical or unoriginal fashion.
Car•pen•ter
Pronunciation: (kr'pun-tur), [key] ? n.
- 1876?1951, U.S. composer.
- born 1925, U.S. astronaut and oceanographer.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.