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# carpenter

noun (a carpenter, carpenters)

«carpenter» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A carpenter is a person whose job is making and fixing wooden things such as doors, floors, roofs, shelves and furniture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories a carpenter is a skilled worker who measures, saws and builds. In maths problems carpenters cut planks into equal lengths or work out costs. Phrases: «a skilled carpenter», «carpenter's tools».

### Examples

- The carpenter built new shelves in our kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x1)
- A carpenter cuts a 3-metre plank into 6 equal pieces; how long is each piece? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x2)
- Measure twice, cut once, says the carpenter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x3)
- The carpenter used a saw, a hammer and nails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x4)
- Carpenters wear goggles to protect their eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x5)
- My uncle is a carpenter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x6)
- “My boy, we need a carpenter here and I have never been one.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/#x7)

### Note

Countable. The work is «carpentry». A «joiner» (UK) makes fine woodwork like doors and windows; a carpenter often works on site. Maths: equal pieces means divide the length.

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life and stories a carpenter is a skilled worker who measures, saws and builds. In maths problems carpenters cut planks into equal lengths or work out costs. Phrases: «a skilled carpenter», «carpenter's tools».

### Examples

- And Huram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house. (Writings 1CH.14.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carpenter/#x1)
- And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house. (Prophets 2SA.5.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carpenter/#x2)
- unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.' — (Prophets 2KI.22.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carpenter/#x3)

### Note

Countable. The work is «carpentry». A «joiner» (UK) makes fine woodwork like doors and windows; a carpenter often works on site. Maths: equal pieces means divide the length.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carpenter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpenter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «carpenter» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carpenter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carpenter» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/carpenter.html) on Mova free.