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stonework

[ stohn-wurk ]

noun

  1. any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.
  2. the techniques, processes, work, or art of dressing, setting, or designing in stone.
  3. Usually stoneworks. (usually used with a singular verb) a place where stone is dressed, as for building.


stonework

/ ˈstəʊnˌwɜːk /

noun

  1. any structure or part of a building made of stone
  2. the process of dressing or setting stones
“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

  • ˈstoneˌworker, noun
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Other Words From

  • stoneworker noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stonework1

before 1000; Middle English stoonwerk, Old English stānweorc. See stone, work
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Example Sentences

It is a common practice in erecting buildings with a facing of Kentish rag rubble to back up the stonework with bricks.

The name "brick-ashlar" is given to walls faced with ashlar stonework backed in with brickwork.

In one place part of the stonework of the graves stretches out over the sandy pathway far below.

At the foot of these trees water, blue as indigo on wash day, lashed itself into a white fury against the stonework of the pier.

The stonework is now of a greenish-grey tone, but in the shadows there is generally a look of blue.

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