craft

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”).

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Synonyms

trade

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