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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The art or craft of a joiner; cabinetmaking.
  • noun Work done by a joiner; fine woodwork.
  • noun The methods or techniques used to connect pieces of wood together.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art or trade of a joiner.
  • noun Joiners' work.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner; doing the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A factory producing wooden products such as tables, doors, and cabinets.
  • noun The work of the joiner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun fine woodwork done by a joiner
  • noun the craft of a joiner

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