JOINER

joiner

(noun) a woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood

joiner

(noun) a person who likes to join groups

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.

A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.

Hypernyms

• (maker of wooden furniture or fittings): carpenter

Etymology 2

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips.

A person who joins societies or organizations.

Anagrams

• rejoin

Proper noun

Joiner (plural Joiners)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Joiner is the 2228th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16349 individuals. Joiner is most common among White (64.02%) and Black/African American (31.05%) individuals.

Anagrams

• rejoin

Source: Wiktionary


Join"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, joins.

2. One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings. "One Snug, the joiner." Shak.

3. A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.

Syn.

– See Carpenter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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