craft

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæft/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
  2. noun a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
  3. noun people who perform a particular kind of skilled work

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English craft (“strength, skill”), from Old English cræft (“strength, skill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (“strength, power”); further origin obscure. Cognate with German Kraft (“strength, power, force, energy, employee”) and Danish kraft (“strength, power, force”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

trade

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
occupation
Narrower (hyponyms)
shoemaking, typography, papermaking, tool-and-die work, shingling, carpentry

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