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stonemason

[ stohn-mey-suhn ]

noun

  1. a person who builds with or dresses stone.


stonemason

/ ˈstəʊnˌmeɪsən /

noun

  1. a person who is skilled in preparing stone for building
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈstoneˌmasonry, noun
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Other Words From

  • stonemason·ry noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stonemason1

First recorded in 1750–60; stone + mason
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Example Sentences

Its most famous ghost is Michael, a 17-year-old stonemason who, according to the lore, fell to his death in 1886 while trying to wave to a girl.

Stonemason engineers began inspecting each stone of the complex to ensure that the foundation was still intact.

And now and then a human foible might be recorded by the stonemason without risk of undermining society's foundations.

Not if you was to come and bring a whole stonemason's yard of sculptures along with you, you wouldn't!

There she found the stonemason's widow, emaciated and haggard, with matted hair, evidently dying.

Hoole, the stonemason, was not rude, but he was as firm as Tait & Taplin in his refusal.

And do you know of any builder or stonemason in the neighbourhood with whom you have not discussed me?

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