furniture maker

collocation in English

meaningsoffurnitureandmaker

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furniture
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfɜː.nɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈfɝː.nɪ.tʃɚ/
things such as chairs, tables, beds, cupboards, etc. that are put into a house or other building to make it suitable and comfortable for living or ...
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maker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmeɪ.kər/us
/ˈmeɪ.kɚ/
the people or company that ...
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(Definition offurnitureandmakerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I appreciate that there will be situations like the one mentioned of thefurnituremakerwhere this seems a little unfortunate.
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Guardbridge has a number of local amenities including a school, general store, garages, hotel, takeaway food shop, hairdresser,furnituremaker, and bowling and fishing clubs.
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He began to carve wood and by the age of 20 had become an accomplishedfurnituremaker.
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The company was founded in 1839 and started as afurnituremaker.
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He was apprenticed in the studio of his uncle, also afurnituremaker, beginning in 1881.
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He is the son of afurnituremaker.
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In his early life he worked as an agricultural labourer, carpenter,furnituremakerand designer.
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Rohlfs had no professional training as afurnituremaker.
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The firm became the dominantfurnituremakerin the country.
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Wolf was the son of afurnituremaker, who was banned from his city.
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Rohlfs designed and made furniture for his family's use as early as 1888, but he did not commence his decade-long career as a professionalfurnituremakeruntil 1897.
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Kjr received training as a cabinetmaker in the workshop of his father who was also afurnituremaker.
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Duffy began in the mid-1970s in as a self-employedfurnituremaker.
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It is not merely the raw material of the undertaker; it is the raw material of furniture makers, joiners and shop-fitters.
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They are furniture makers and restorers.
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It has been let on lease to an old-established firm of furniture makers which is engaged in the manufacture of a special article consuming a considerable amount of steel.
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Restorers are often trained craftspersons, such as furniture makers, mechanics, or metalsmiths.
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By the 1930s there were seven or eight firms making chairs for sale to major furniture makers.
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