craft

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An activity that involves making things skilfully with your hands.

   Pottery is an ancient craft.

2. 2
   noun

   Skill in making or doing something well.

   She has mastered the craft of writing plays.

3. 3
   noun

   A particular skilled trade or profession.

   He learned the carpenter's craft from his father.

4. 4
   verb

   To make something carefully and skilfully by hand.

   The artisan crafted a beautiful wooden bowl.

Common collocations

• craft beer Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Middle English craft English craft 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”).

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