carpenter

IPA: kˈɑrpʌntɝ

noun

A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
(nautical) 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.
A two-wheeled carriage.
(zoology) A carpenter bee.
(Canada, Britain, regional) A woodlouse.
A surname originating as an occupation derived from the trade name carpenter.
A number of places in the United States:
Synonym of Long Island, Alabama.
A ghost town in Mesa County, Colorado.
An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
A township in Jasper County, Indiana.
A minor city in Mitchell County, Iowa.
An unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky.
A township in Itasca County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi.
An unincorporated community in Bernalillo County, New Mexico.
A former settlement in Grant County, New Mexico.
An unincorporated community including Carpenter Historic District in Wake County, North Carolina.
An unincorporated community in Rolette County, North Dakota.
A township in Steele County, North Dakota.
An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio.
An unincorporated community in Roger Mills County and Custer County, Oklahoma.
An unincorporated community in Clark County, South Dakota.
An unincorporated community in Wilson County, Texas.
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Laramie County, Wyoming.

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