carpentry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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