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cabinetmaker

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A skilled woodworker who makes high-quality wooden cabinets and furniture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a woodworker who specializes in making furniture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: furniture maker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: woodworker, woodsman, woodman

Narrower terms: Chippendale, Thomas Chippendale

History

Etymology

From cabinet + maker.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: ebenista — skilled woodworker
  • Chinese Mandarin: 細木工 /细木工 (xìmùgōng) — skilled woodworker
  • Chinese Mandarin: 家具木工 (jiāju mùgōng) — skilled woodworker
  • Chinese Mandarin: 細工木匠 /细工木匠 (xìgōng mùjiang) — skilled woodworker
  • Chinese Mandarin: 家具師 /家具师 (jiājushī) — skilled woodworker
  • Danish: snedker — skilled woodworker
  • Esperanto: meblisto — skilled woodworker
  • Finnish: hienopuuseppä — skilled woodworker
  • Finnish: huonekalupuuseppä — skilled woodworker
  • French: ébéniste — skilled woodworker
  • French: menuisier — skilled woodworker
  • Galician: ebanista — skilled woodworker
  • German: Tischler — skilled woodworker
  • German: Schreiner — skilled woodworker
  • German: Möbeltischler — skilled woodworker
  • Greek: επιπλοποιός (epiplopoiós) — skilled woodworker
  • Hungarian: műbútorasztalos — skilled woodworker
  • Hungarian: műasztalos — skilled woodworker
  • Ingrian: stolari — skilled woodworker
  • Ingrian: plotnikka — skilled woodworker
  • Italian: ebanista — skilled woodworker
  • Japanese: 建具屋 (tateguya) — skilled woodworker
  • Japanese: 指物師 (sashimonoshi) — skilled woodworker
  • Macedonian: сто́лар (stólar) — skilled woodworker
  • Macedonian: дограма́џија (dogramádžija) — skilled woodworker
  • Norman: mênuîsyi — skilled woodworker
  • Polish: stolarz — skilled woodworker
  • Portuguese: ebanista — skilled woodworker
  • Romanian: ebenist — skilled woodworker
  • Romanian: ebenistă — skilled woodworker
  • Russian: столя́р (stoljár) — skilled woodworker
  • Russian: пло́тник (plótnik) — skilled woodworker
  • Russian: краснодере́вщик (krasnoderévščik) — skilled woodworker
  • Russian: ме́бельщик (mébelʹščik) — skilled woodworker
  • Spanish: ebanista — skilled woodworker
  • Swedish: möbelsnickare — skilled woodworker
  • Tagalog: ebanista — skilled woodworker
  • Yiddish: סטאָליער (stolyer) — skilled woodworker