Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An artisan specializing in making fine articles of wooden furniture.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who busies himself unauthorizedly with constructing a governmental cabinet; a politician or busybody who speculates on or needlessly troubles himself with the selection of cabinet ministers and the formation of a cabinet.
- noun One whose occupation is the making of household furniture, such as cabinets, sideboards, tables, bedsteads, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A skilled
woodworker who makes high-qualitywooden furniture
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a woodworker who specializes in making furniture
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Examples
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Other rooms also offer their treasures, including a highly decorative, gold-gilt and black cabinet from the last quarter of the 18th century, made with tortoiseshell, brass and ebony marquetry, and stamped by famed cabinetmaker Joseph Baumhauer.
The Soul of a French Palace Margaret Studer 2011
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In 1960, while working for a cabinetmaker, Mr. di Suvero delivered sheets of wood to a building.
America's Great Man of Steel Marc Myers 2011
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The vases are now on view as part of the Museum's exhibition of New York cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe's work.
Tanya M. Acker: Ditch the Xanax: Why the Metropolitan Museum Is a Better Cure for American Grumpiness Tanya M. Acker 2012
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The gallery show includes works by the 19th-century Scottish immigrant and cabinetmaker to the rich and famous, as well as those by his contemporaries, and numerous additional decorative works of his time.
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The vases are now on view as part of the Museum's exhibition of New York cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe's work.
Tanya M. Acker: Ditch the Xanax: Why the Metropolitan Museum Is a Better Cure for American Grumpiness Tanya M. Acker 2012
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A year after my trip, I needed a cabinetmaker in my small town in Massachusetts.
Voices of Love 2009
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Best [cabinetmaker and sometime special constable], J.W. Bell [auctioneer].
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Best [cabinetmaker and sometime special constable], J.W. Bell [auctioneer].
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For a couple of years, he worked with a cabinetmaker.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Steady Shoe-Shine Man Nancy Ruhling 2011
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There's the mahogany buffet that her father, a cabinetmaker, designed in the 1940s.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Ageless Storyteller Nancy Ruhling 2011
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