Carpentry - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Carpentry :  (noun)

1: the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood [syn: woodworking, woodwork]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Carpentry : \Car"pen*try\, n. [F. charpenterie, OF. also carpenterie. See Carpenter.] 1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.

2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Carpentry

dotmund: @gazbeirne Jesus was the Barry van Dyke of Carpentry and you know it
dusunceler: the loss of two fingers to the left of Boris Yeltsin was doing Carpentry
Jessica_in_NY: Carpentry and Joinery 3, Volume 3, Second Edition http://getrockwelltools.com/2009/12/Carpentry-and-joinery-3-volume-3-second-edition/
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