joiner

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔɪnɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔɪnə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪnə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Middle English joynour (maker of furniture, small boxes, etc.), from Old French joigneor (joiner, carpenter), agent noun from joindre (to join), equivalent to join + -er.

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

  1. A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.
  2. A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.
Hypernyms
  • (maker of wooden furniture or fittings): carpenter
Translations

Etymology 2

join + -er

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

  1. A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips.
  2. A person who joins societies or organizations.
    • 2004, Eugene Goodheart, Confessions of a Secular Jew: A Memoir
      I am not a joiner. I am reluctant to sign up as a member of any organization, because I generally can't find myself or my ideas in it.


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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒəi.nər/, /ˈdʒoi.nər/

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

  1. carpenter
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