how to pronounce carpenter

/ˈkɑː.pɪn.təɹ/

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carpenter is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of carpenter in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… he was actually a carpenter who had no …”

meaning of carpenter

A carpenter is a person who builds, repairs, or maintains wooden structures, such as houses, decks, bridges, or boats.

carpenter frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word carpenter occurs in english on average 4.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics carpenter can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that carpenter can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;