craft

1. The skilled practice of a practical occupation (synset 100607485)
   "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
   is a type of: business, job, line, line of work, occupation - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
   subtypes:

   • airplane mechanics - the craft of building and repairing airplanes
   • auto mechanics - the craft of building and repairing automobiles
   • basketry - the craft of basket making
   • carpentry, woodwork, woodworking - the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood
   • drafting, mechanical drawing - the craft of drawing blueprints
   • dressmaking - the craft of making dresses
   • electrical work - the craft of an electrician
   • interior decorating, interior decoration - the trade or act of decorating the interior of a building or room, especially with regard to color combination, paint, fabrics, carpeting, etc.
   • lumbering - the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
   • masonry - the craft of a mason
   • oculism - the craft of an oculist
   • house painting, painting - the occupation of a house painter
   • papermaking - the craft of making paper
   • pilotage, piloting - the occupation of a pilot
   • plumbery, plumbing - the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
   • pottery - the craft of making earthenware
   • pyrotechnics, pyrotechny - the craft of making fireworks
   • cobbling, shoe repairing, shoemaking - the shoemaker's trade
   • roofing - the craft of a roofer
   • sheet-metal work - the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems)
   • shingling - the laying on of shingles
   • tailoring - the occupation of a tailor
   • tool-and-die work - the craft of making special tools and dies
   • handicraft - a craft that requires skillful hands
   • mintage - act or process of minting coins
   • tanning - making leather from rawhide
   • typography - the craft of composing type and printing from it
   • undertaking - the trade of a funeral director
   • upholstery - the craft of upholstering
   • wine making, winemaking - the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine
   same as: trade
2. A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space (synset 103130521)
   is a type of: vehicle - a conveyance that transports people or objects
   subtypes:

   • aircraft - a vehicle that can fly
   • ground-effect machine, hovercraft - a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
   • landing craft - naval craft designed for putting ashore troops and equipment
   • ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft - a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun
   • vessel, watercraft - a craft designed for water transportation
3. People who perform a particular kind of skilled work (synset 108453572)
   "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"
   is a type of: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum - people having the same social, economic, or educational status
   same as: trade
4. Skill in an occupation or trade (synset 105645908)
   is a type of: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill - an ability that has been acquired by training
   subtypes:

   • housecraft - skill in domestic management
   • priestcraft - the skills involved in the work of a priest
   • stagecraft - skill in writing or staging plays
   • tradecraft - skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage
   • watercraft - skill in the management of boats
   • woodcraft - skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood
   same as: craftsmanship, workmanship
5. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception (synset 105628961)
   is a type of: astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness - intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
   same as: craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness

1. Make by hand and with much skill (synset 201662656)
   "The artisan crafted a complicated tool"
   is a type of: fashion, forge - make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
   subtypes:

   • handcraft - make something by hand
   • filigree - make filigree, as with a precious metal

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