# carpentering

Pronunciation: US say "KAHR-puhn-ter-ing" /ˈkɑɹpəntəɹɪŋ/; UK say "KAH-puhn-ter-ing" /ˈkɑː.pən.təɹ.ɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of carpenter. — present participle of carpenter
   - Simple: Present participle of carpenter. Use this form for an action happening now or continuing over time.
   - _He kept carpentering late into the night to finish the cabinet._
   - _They were carpentering a new set of shelves for the library._

## Noun

2. The trade and craft of making, building, and repairing things from wood.
   - Simple: The work of making and fixing things out of wood.
   - _She learned carpentering from her grandfather, who built furniture for the whole village._
   - _Skilled carpentering kept the old barn standing for another hundred years._

## Origin

Formed from carpenter combined with the suffix -ing.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/carpentering (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).