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Definition of craft noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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craft

noun
craft pronunciation English krɑːft craft pronunciation American kræft
 
1 [countable, uncountable] an activity involving a special skill at making things with your handstraditional crafts like basket-weavinga craft fair/workshopCraft, Design and Technology (= a subject in some British schools) see also arts and crafts2 [singular] all the skills needed for a particular activitychefs who learned their craft in top hotelsthe writer's craft3 [uncountable] (formal, disapproving) skill in making people believe what you want them to believeHe knew how to win by craft and diplomacy what he could not gain by force.4 [countable] plural craft (formal) a boat or shipHundreds of small craft bobbed around the liner as it steamed into the harbour.a landing/pleasure craft5 [countable] plural craft an aircraft or spacecraft