Synonyms for carpentry
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
Related words
- Word family
- carpenter
- Phrases
- carpentry square
Forms
- Plural
- carpentries → woodworkings, woodworks, shops, carpentings…
Example sentences
- shop Can you tell me where the nearest antique shop is?
- woodwork They really came out of the woodwork after that.
- woodworking Tom got into woodworking and bought a bunch of chisels.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| carpentry | falling | |
| shop | steady | |
| woodwork | steady | |
| woodworking | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- shop1
- 8 letters
- woodwork2
- 10 letters
- carpenting
- 11 letters
- woodworking3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (woodwork2 = 2 syllables).