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Grammar : Noun
Spell : joi-ner
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɔɪ nər



Definition of joiner

Origin :
  • early 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), joynour "maker of furniture, small boxes, etc.," from Old French joigneor "joiner, carpenter," agent noun from joindre "to join" (see join). A craftsman who did lighter and more ornamental work than a carpenter. Meaning "one who makes a habit of joining" (societies, clubs, etc.) is from 1890. Related: Joinery.
  • As in member : noun part of a group
  • As in associate : noun colleague
  • As in carpenter : noun person who works with wood
Example sentences :
  • He left long before I did, and went to learn his trade of a joiner in the city.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • There were tools and a joiner's bench in an outhouse, and there he worked.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • So after all, these first houses were rather poor specimens of the joiner's craft.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • He did not finish the sentence; the joiner's plane had hurtled close past his head.
  • Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France
  • The joiner felt to the bottom of his pockets, but could find nothing.
  • Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 » by Charles H. Sylvester
  • The joiner makes use of his rule as a walking stick, and the chest that holds his tools serves him as a bench to work on.
  • Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
  • "And Rui was prophet of the temple of Hatasu," added the joiner.
  • Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • The joiner Gerritsen and the three sailors had already been beheaded.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-23, Volume II. » by John Lothrop Motley
  • Her father was a fanatic joiner, hanged for treason in Shaftesbury's plot.
  • Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift
  • A plate was on the door, “James Noak, carpenter and joiner.”
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Third Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood

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