Definitions
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 producingwooden products such as tables, doors, andcabinets . - 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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Examples
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Black metal joinery is hard on the eyes because of the excessive contrast between it and the view outside.
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The external joinery is composed of lacquered aluminum with thermal break and low-emissivity double glazing.
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Similar to a connection you might see in Japanese joinery this wall connection locks together a large wood-log structure with a smaller annex.
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Jim Devine said the £2326 of "joinery" was for storing personal and party political material in a pub cellar he was renting.
Archive 2009-06-01 Jeff 2009
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Jim Devine said the £2326 of "joinery" was for storing personal and party political material in a pub cellar he was renting.
Jim Devine saga - week 5 Jeff 2009
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"joinery," mortised, and held by the skill and conscientiousness of its construction.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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"These goods are supplied to us with many others, such as joinery and carving, by one Septimus, who is a contractor and, they say, a head priest among the Christians, employing many hands at his shops in the poor streets yonder.
Pearl-Maiden Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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With their unique design this sleek chair is available in a variety of domestic and exotic hardwoods, and features double tapered laminations, and mortise and tenon joinery.
Birdy Chair 2009
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It is the place to get fishing permits and marriage licenses—and to pick up a quick education in historic joinery: The 18th-century gunstock posts and exposed framing of hewn white oak put sheetrock and two-by-fours to shame.
Town Hall Assembly Julie V. Iovine 2011
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Inside, we admired the barrel-vaulted ceiling, and the beautiful modern joinery of gallery, staircase and furnishings, while the owner, Rose Adams, told us how her mother had bought the building in 1966 for £500.
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