Word Finder - carpenter

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A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.

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A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.

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A two-wheeled carriage.

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A carpenter bee.

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A woodlouse.

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To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.

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• carpent

Carpenter had seen the block ships go in.

The acacia abounded on the borders of the valley, but the groves were gradually cut down for the use of the carpenter and the charcoal-burner.

After talking about the various things that carpenters make, she asked me, "Did carpenter make me?" and before I could answer, she spelled quickly, "No, no, photographer made me in Sheffield."

The only trades allowed them were those of butcher and carpenter, and their ordinary occupation was wood-cutting.

He served as an apprentice to the village carpenter for seven years.

Obvious examples of surnames based on occupation include names like Baker, Barber, Carpenter, Carver, Painter, Potter, and Shoemaker.

If you know a carpenter, create a bed frame with storage underneath including toy cabinets, shelves and drawers.

When first arriving in Hollywood, Ford, like most aspiring actors, struggled and eventually became a carpenter to help support his family.

This week, they were again given the use of a carpenter.

To borrow a phrase from "This Old House" star and master carpenter Norm Abrams, make sure to accurately measure the hanging distance and span dimension before purchasing ceiling lights.

Using a carpenter's level, draw a plumb line that runs from the outside corners of your bathtub.

Verify that the center angles, or where the two lines cross, are 90 degrees by using a carpenter's square.

If you are skilled with power tools, you may choose to build your own bookshelves rather than hire a carpenter.

For example, here you can find Dickies Stonewashed Flannel Lined Carpenter Jeans at Super Casuals; a site that might not ordinarily come up doing a search.

Carpenter shorts are great for work since they have pockets to hold all your necessities.

Lee makes Denim Carpenter Shorts that come in Original Wash, Quartz or Retro.

Utility garments like army and carpenter's pants inspired the design, and the first such garments, called bush jeans, were the brainchild of Levi Strauss Company.

The 1979 release of John Carpenter's Halloween paved the way for countless imitators, each of which tried to be a little grosser than the one before it.

The film was a remake of the original Halloween, written by John Carpenter, and drew opening day audiences unlike prior releases of the film.

The eight or ten who remain upon the farm are employed in doing odd jobs, such as overhauling machinery, or helping the carpenter and blacksmith, or looking after the horses.

It has a well-equipped drawing room, carpenter shop, forging room, foundry, science laboratories and machinery department, in which expert instruction is given.

Swarming is not the only means for carpenter ants to produce new nests.

Bert adds the asperity of his Scottish voice to a lilting, traditional ballad called " House Carpenter " .

The South American Brazil nut tree is dependant on carpenter bees for its pollination.

It appears that a new apprentice of the village carpenter was very boastful of his scholarship.

These include bricklayer, carpenter or joiner, carpet fitter, and glazier.

Working Site Foreman A first class qualified carpenter is required to take charge of a residental refurbishment on a large house in Hampstead.

On the other hand, an experienced carpenter doesn't build a house using a Swiss Army knife.

Tom is supposed to have murdered the local carpenter by chopping his head off.

John at 16 had already left home, and was an apprentice carpenter with Margaret Wyatt's building firm in St Giles ' Street.

Steve, master carpenter, caught by the camera.

He took part in the battle of Jutland and as can be seen from the photo was a ships carpenter & diver.

Tradition has it that Talbot had his estate carpenter make his first cameras.

Then get me the ship's carpenter without delay, Hardy.

Their boss Nick Carpenter treated them to the new rally driving course which has just been launched at Castle Combe racing circuit.

Having no money and also preferring to do everything himself, Carpenter acted, directed and had a hand in virtually everything.

Alice Bunting, aged 11, was even found carrying a flick-knife, which Miss Carpenter had to take off her.

Even Carpenter still gets a mention, doing the work of an executive producer.

Mary Carpenter's founded the first reformatory for girls in England.

He has a 7 year old son and his hobbies include scuba diving, skiing and DIY as he was previously a carpenter.

All the bodies had been recovered by 9.00 pm and laid out in the carpenter's shop.

Carpenter had about sixpence on her, enough for a nights lodging in the town without using the ticket.

Edward Richard George Heath was a carpenter's son from Broadstairs in Kent.

Jo and John Carpenter are commited vegetarians and have run Plas Madoc as Llandudno's only exclusively vegetarian guest house.

He worked as a teacher, a carpenter and a farmer; studied for a time at the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute at Hiram, Ohio, which afterward became Hiram College, and finally entered Williams College.

His father, Walter Whitman, was a farmer and carpenter; his mother, Louisa Van Velsor, was the granddaughter of a sea captain.

The chief industries of Homeric times are those of the carpenter (TEKro v),, the worker in leather (oKVTaroµos), the smith or worker in metal (XaXKeus) - whose implements are the hammer and pincers - and the potter (Kepa,ueis); also spinning and weaving, which were carried on by the women.

Shall we forever resign the pleasure of construction to the carpenter?

Carpenter earns a place as a 21st century scream queen with her hair-raising, fearless performance; Mary Beth Hurt plays the judge.

All the bodies had been recovered by 9.00 pm and laid out in the carpenter 's shop.