Joiner
['dʒɒɪnə] or ['dʒɔɪnɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood.
(noun.) a person who likes to join groups.
Inputed by Lennon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, joins.
(n.) One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings.
(n.) A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.
Checker: Wilbur
Examples
- In co-operation with an intelligent joiner I would undertake to defeat any definition of chair or chairishness that you gave me. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Her majesty said, if I would contrive a boat, her own joiner should make it, and she would provide a place for me to sail in. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- William Maugridge, joiner, but a most exquisite mechanic, and a solid, sensible man. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This, in a soft, jelly-like state, constitutes size; dried into hard, brittle, glassy cakes, which, before use, must be melted in hot water, it forms the well-known glue of the joiner, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In consequence, he took me to walk with him, and see joiners, bricklayers, turners, braziers, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Typist: Rachel