What does carpenter mean?
Word: Carpenter
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Carpenter means a person whose job is to make and mend things out of wood, such as doors, tables and cupboards.
Synonyms: woodworker
How do you spell carpenter?
Syllables: car - pen - ter
Tricky part: The middle beat is pen, with an e. Carpanter and carpinter are easy mistakes.
Watch out for: carpanter, carpinter
Memory tip: A carpenter keeps a pen behind one ear to mark the wood, and pen sits in the middle of the word.
Carpenter in a sentence
Example 1: The carpenter fixed the broken leg of our dining table.
Example 2: Raju bhaiya is a carpenter who makes beautiful wooden toys.
Example 3: The carpenter measured the plank twice before he cut it.
Fun Fact
The Latin carpentarius meant a maker of carpentum, a two-wheeled Roman carriage; that is where carpenter began.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) jewler
b) carpenter
c) plumbar
d) electrishan
Show answer
b) carpenter. Electrician ends in cian, plumber in ber, and jeweller keeps the e of jewel before ler.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nrprceeta
a) carpeting
b) carpenter
c) repentant
d) parachute
Show answer
b) carpenter. Look at the two r's: carpeting, repentant and parachute have only one each, so only carpenter fits.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The carpentar made a new wooden gate for our garden in just two days.
a) wooden
b) days
c) carpentar
d) garden
Show answer
c) carpentar. The word ends with ter, like painter and writer.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
carrpenter
a) r
b) t
c) n
d) p
Show answer
a) r. Car starts the word, with one r.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which tool would a carpenter use most often?
a) a stethoscope
b) a frying pan
c) a paintbrush
d) a saw
Show answer
d) a saw
2. Which job would you ask a carpenter to do?
a) fit a new wooden door frame
b) change a fused light bulb
c) repair a leaking water pipe
d) stitch a torn kurta
Show answer
a) fit a new wooden door frame
