craft

Study(18)

UK /kɹɑːft/ US /kɹæft/

noun 5verb 3name 1

Collocations

(noun.) activity needing skill with your hands

ADJ

skilled

Making traditional pottery requires years of practice to become a skilled craft.

ancient, traditional | country, local, rural

VERB + CRAFT

practise

My grandmother has practised her craft for over fifty years, creating beautiful pottery in her studio.

CRAFT + NOUN

activity, work | industry | worker | centre, exhibition, fair, shop, workshop | skill

PHRASES

art and craft

My daughter enjoys making things in her art and craft class at school every Friday afternoon.

arts and crafts

My grandmother teaches arts and crafts to children every Saturday afternoon.

(noun.) all the skills needed for an activity

VERB + CRAFT

learn, master, perfect

She spent decades learning her craft as a traditional woodworker.

PHRASES

a master of your craft

The famous baker has spent decades perfecting her skills and is truly a master of her craft.

(noun.) boat

ADJ

small | assault, fishing, landing, patrol, pleasure, river, sailing

Definitions

noun

Strength; power; might; force .

By the craft of nature.

Intellectual power; skill; art.

The Cyclôpes were Brontês, Steropês, and Argês,—formidable persons, equally distinguished for strength and for manual craft […]

England should have had enough against a very ordinary Russia to complete the job but Rooney's removal robbed them of his craft and guidance and now increases the pressure on Thursday's meeting with Wales in Lens.

Intellectual power; skill; art.

[…]and the chiefe Priests, and the Scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

[…] you have that Crooked Wisdome, which is called Craft […]

Intellectual power; skill; art.

A work or product of art .

verb

To make by hand and with much skill.

To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).

state crafting; the process of crafting global policing

To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the skilled practice of a practical occupation

trade

noun — shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

craftiness
cunning
foxiness
guile
slyness
wiliness

noun — skill in an occupation or trade

craftsmanship
workmanship

noun — people who perform a particular kind of skilled work

trade

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

sense of craft

aptitude for craftsmanship.

Example Bank

By the craft of nature.

Wiktionary

The Cyclôpes were Brontês, Steropês, and Argês,—formidable persons, equally distinguished for strength and for manual craft […]

Wiktionary

state crafting; the process of crafting global policing

Wiktionary

A painter only becomes a true painter by practicing his craft.

Tatoeba · #22600

We must hand down our craft to posterity.

Tatoeba · #23051

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, craft is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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