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木匠 — meaning in English

mù jiàng

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English meaning

  • cabinetmaker noun A skilled woodworker who makes high-quality wooden cabinets and furniture.
  • carpenter noun A person skilled in cutting, shaping, and joining wood to build or repair structures and furniture.
  • joiner noun A skilled tradesperson who builds furniture, doors, and fittings from wood.
  • woodworker noun A person skilled at woodworking.

Senses

木匠 is used for these senses in English:

  • Carpenter A surname originating as an occupation derived from the trade name carpenter.
  • cabinetmaker A skilled woodworker who makes high-quality wooden cabinets and furniture.
  • carpenter A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
  • green woodpecker Any of species Picus viridis of European woodpeckers.
  • harvestman An order of terrestrial, non-venomous arachnids with often very long legs: Opiliones; any individual of this order.
  • joiner A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.
  • woodworker A person skilled at woodworking.

carpenter — full definition

  1. noun A person skilled in cutting, shaping, and joining wood to build or repair structures and furniture.
  2. verb To work as a carpenter; to build or repair things in wood.