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mason

mason

7 3.6
A person who builds with stone or brick
  • noun
  • /ˈmeɪsən/
translation icon : mason
  • Using stones found at the site, he's hired a mason to partially reconstruct what he thinks the complex may have looked like.
  • skilled masons
  • stone masons

It's part of our Meet the Contractors series where you will have an opportunity to listen to Rory Smith, the stone Mason for DBR.

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Examples

  • Each contractor employed a small team of Masons who built the brick facings.

  • Stacy can call a Mason and have him come in here and fix the sidewalk.

  • Must be a stone mason.

  • After my grandfather could no longer find work as a stone mason, he took government work building the bridge.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The local economy also paid local masons for their work.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Itinerant masons traveled with their pattern books to various construction sites of churches.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The mason who carved the Ballinderry Sheela was drawing upon the art of the Celtic past.

    Academic text (2000)
  • In addition to agriculture, they indicated that their husbands worked as masons, in commerce, in the production of indigenous clothing, or as market vendors.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Four men worked as carpenters, four as blacksmiths, two as masons, two as harness-makers, and one man manufactured wagons.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The mason skillfully laid the bricks to create a sturdy wall.

Synonyms

builder
vsmason
111 1.0

A person or company that organizes and supervises building work

does physical work with stone, brick, or similar materials, not only supervision
49 1.7

A person who builds and fixes buildings, roads and other large structures at work sites

focuses on working with stone, brick, or similar materials rather than general site tasks
bricklayer
vsmason
6 2.5

A person who builds walls and houses using bricks

works with stone, brick, or similar materials rather than only bricks
stonemason
vsmason
2 6.7

A worker who cuts and shapes stone for building and repair

works with stone, brick, or similar materials rather than only stone

Antonyms

A person or machine that destroys buildings to clear land

Compounds

3 3.2

A glass container with a screw lid that keeps air out to preserve food

1 7.7

A border in the United States between Maryland and Pennsylvania that shows the usual divide between northern and southern states

Border between Maryland and Pennsylvania that marks an old divide between North and South

6.8

A bee that lives alone and builds nests from mud in holes

A wasp that lives alone and builds small mud nests for its young

How Physical

hod carrier
  • Specialized
9.9
bricklayer
6 2.5
mason
7 3.6

Surface Forms

mason singular
masons plural

Etymology

Mason comes from Old French maçon, which meant a 'builder' who works with stone or brick. That's why a mason today is someone who builds or repairs walls, fireplaces, and other stonework.