joinery

English

Etymology

From joiner +‎ -y; see also -ery.

Noun

joinery (countable and uncountable, plural joineries)

1. A factory producing wooden products such as tables, doors, and cabinets.
2. The work of the joiner.
   • 1949 May and June, “Notes and News: Construction of the Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 202:

     The timbering and centring used for the construction of the main arch were exceptionally massive, and were acclaimed as masterpieces of joinery in contemporary reports on the progress of the work.

Related terms

• joiner, joint-stool

Translations

factory producing wooden products

• Bulgarian: дърводелска работилница f (dǎrvodelska rabotilnica)
• French: menuiserie (fr) f, ébénisterie (fr) f
• Georgian: სადურგლო (sadurglo)
• German: Tischlerei (de) f, Schreinerei (de) f
• Hungarian: asztalosműhely (hu)
• Polish: zakład stolarski m
• Russian: столярная мастерская f (stoljarnaja masterskaja), мебельная фабрика f (mebelʹnaja fabrika)
• Swedish: snickeri (sv) n, snickerifabrik c, möbelsnickeri (sv) n, möbelfabrik c
• Yiddish: טישלערײַ f (tishleray)

the work of the joiner

• Bulgarian: дърводелство (bg) (dǎrvodelstvo)
• French: menuiserie (fr) f, ébénisterie (fr) f
• Georgian: დურგლობა (durgloba)
• Hungarian: asztalosmunka (hu)
• Irish: siúinéireacht f
• Russian: столярная работа f (stoljarnaja rabota) (formal), столярка (ru) f (stoljarka) (informal)
• Swedish: snickare (sv) c, möbelsnickare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: столя́рство n (stoljárstvo), столя́рництво n (stoljárnyctvo)
• Yiddish: טישלערײַ n (tishleray)