Joinery is the trade of a joiner, and also the work that comes out of it: the doors, frames, stairs, and other wooden fittings made by joining wood with skill. If a house has beautiful joinery, people mean those wooden parts are well made.

Joinery is指的是 the trade of a joiner joiner（細木工師傅）這一行, and also也指 the work that comes out of it這一行做出來的成果: the doors, frames, stairs, and other wooden fittings門、框架、樓梯，還有其他木製配件 made by joining wood with skill用技術把木頭接合而成的。If a house has beautiful joinery如果一間房子有beautiful joinery, people mean人們的意思是 those wooden parts are well made那些木製部分做得很好。

The word is more at home in British English; American speakers often say millwork, woodwork, or cabinetry instead. It is a workshop and building-site word, a little technical but not fancy.

The word這個字 is more at home in British English在英式英文裡比較常用; American speakers美式英文的人 often say millwork, woodwork, or cabinetry instead常常改說millwork、woodwork，或cabinetry。It is這是 a workshop and building-site word工坊和工地用的字, a little technical but not fancy有點技術性但不花俏。

It is built from joiner plus -y (the same family of endings as -ery in bakery): the craft, or the things produced.

It is它是 built from joiner plus -y joiner加上-y組成的 (the same family of endings as -ery in bakery跟bakery裡的-ery是同一類字尾): the craft, or the things produced指這門手藝，或做出來的東西。

You do not use joinery for rough outdoor timber work; that is carpentry. And you do not use it for metal or plastic — it is about wood, joined.

You do not use joinery不會用joinery這個字 for rough outdoor timber work粗重的戶外木工工作; that is carpentry那叫carpentry。And you do not use it而且也不會用這個字 for metal or plastic金屬或塑膠 — it is about wood, joined它講的是木頭，接合起來的木頭。