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to mason

to mason

1 4.9
To build using stone or brick
  • verb
  • /ˈmeɪsən/
translation icon : masonar
  • They mason the walls with precision.

Examples

  • He learned how to mason a fireplace during his apprenticeship.

  • A team of experts masoned the stone archway over several weeks.

  • The workers masoned the new library walls with carefully chosen bricks.

  • The craftsmen mason intricate designs.

  • They hired a skilled mason to mason the new stone wall around their garden.

  • The workers were busy as the mason began to mason the foundation for the new building.

  • She watched the experienced mason mason the intricate patterns into the brick facade.

Antonyms

to demolish
54 3.7

Completely destroy a building or large structure

Compounds

Mason jar
  • US
3 3.2

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

Mason-Dixon line
  • US
1 7.7

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

Mason and Dixon's line
  • US
8.1

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

mason bee
6.8

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

mason wasp
9.1

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

Surface Forms

mason infinitive
masoned past
masoned past participle
masoning present participle
masons third person singular

Etymology

Mason as a verb comes from the same Old French maçon and keeps the idea of 'building with stone'. A helpful way to remember is masonry, the stonework a mason does, so to mason something is to build it in stone or brick.