Meaning of Carpenter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname originating as an occupation derived from the trade name carpenter.
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2. A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
3. 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.
4. A number of places in the United States:
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5. Synonym of Long Island, Alabama.
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6. A two-wheeled carriage.
7. A ghost town in Mesa County, Colorado.
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8. A carpenter bee.
9. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
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10. A woodlouse.
    British, Canada, regional
11. A township in Jasper County, Indiana.
    countable, uncountable
12. A minor city in Mitchell County, Iowa.
    countable, uncountable
13. An unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky.
    countable, uncountable
14. A township in Itasca County, Minnesota.
    countable, uncountable
15. An unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi.
    countable, uncountable
16. An unincorporated community in Bernalillo County, New Mexico.
    countable, uncountable
17. A former settlement in Grant County, New Mexico.
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18. An unincorporated community including Carpenter Historic District in Wake County, North Carolina.
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19. An unincorporated community in Rolette County, North Dakota.
    countable, uncountable
20. A township in Steele County, North Dakota.
    countable, uncountable
21. An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio.
    countable, uncountable
22. An unincorporated community in Roger Mills County and Custer County, Oklahoma.
    countable, uncountable
23. An unincorporated community in Clark County, South Dakota.
    countable, uncountable
24. An unincorporated community in Wilson County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
25. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Laramie County, Wyoming.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The large, stout African bees are carpenters (Xylocopa), making small tunnels in timber, housing few individuals.”

“Eleven names in Laver’s table (just over 6%) are of the “carpenter” type, a name for woodlice also recorded in Shropshire and Warwickshire.[…] Apparently a Newfoundland word for woodlouse is “carpenter” or “cafner” (another is also “boat-builder”). These names clearly relate to the animals’ affinity to wood as will “carpenter’s flea”, “wood-pig”, “wood-bug”, “grampus wood-bug” and, of course “woodlouse”.”

“Among the celebrities she considers part of her zillennial cohort are Zendaya and American singer-songwriter Sabrina Carpenter.”

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