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Definition of carpenter
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a worker who builds or repairs wooden structures or their structural parts
carpenter
verbDefinition of carpenter (Entry 2 of 2)
: to follow the trade of a carpenter
carpentered when he was young
1 : to make by or as if by carpentry
2 : to put together often in a mechanical manner
carpentered many television scripts
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