What does carpenter's rule mean?

carpenter's rule means "a rule used by a carpenter".

Is carpenter's rule a common word?

carpenter's rule is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Carpenter's rule — meaning and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a rule used by a carpenter
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What does carpenter's rule mean?: carpenter's rule means "a rule used by a carpenter".
Is carpenter's rule a common word?: carpenter's rule is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for carpenter's rule come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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