English > craft: 6 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | The skilled practice of a practical occupation. |
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| Synonym | trade |
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| Narrower | airplane mechanics | The craft of building and repairing airplanes |
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| auto mechanics | The craft of building and repairing automobiles |
| basketry | The craft of basket making |
| carpentry, woodworking, woodwork | The craft of a carpenter |
| drafting, mechanical drawing | The craft of drawing blueprints |
| dressmaking | The craft of making dresses |
| electrical work | The craft of an electrician |
| handicraft | A craft that requires skillful hands |
| interior decoration, interior decorating | The trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior |
| lumbering | The trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber / timber / timber |
| masonry | The craft of a mason |
| mintage | Act or process of minting coins |
| oculism | The craft of an oculist |
| painting, house painting | The occupation of a house painter |
| papermaking | The craft of making paper |
| piloting, pilotage | The occupation of a pilot |
| plumbing, plumbery | The occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) |
| pottery | The craft of making earthenware |
| pyrotechnics, pyrotechny | The craft of making fireworks |
| roofing | The craft of a roofer |
| sheet-metal work | The craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
| shingling | The laying on of shingles |
| shoemaking, shoe repairing, cobbling | The shoemaker's trade / trade |
| tailoring | The occupation of a tailor |
| tanning | making leather from rawhide |
| tool-and-die work | The craft of making special tools and dies |
| typography | The craft of composing type and printing from it |
| undertaking | The trade / trade of a funeral director |
| upholstery | The craft of upholstering |
| winemaking, wine making | The craft and science of growing grapes and making wine |
| Broader | occupation, business, job, line of work, line | The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money |
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| Spanish | oficio, profesión |
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| Catalan | ofici, professió |
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| Verbs | craft | make by hand and with much skill |
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