stonecutter
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈstoʊnˌkʌtər/
:
cantero
- During the tour, we learned how a stonecutter transforms rough rock into intricate designs.
Examples
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Bonamo employed hundreds of immigrants to this country as dirt haulers and stonecutters.
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The skilled stonecutter carefully shaped the granite to create a beautiful sculpture.
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Some weeks later, a new stonecutter came to the kingdom.
Academic text (1990) -
"You will be a fine stonecutter," said the father.
Fiction book (2000) -
Once there lived a stonecutter.
Fiction book (2000) -
We had chosen one and paid for it, and then the stonecutters had gone on strike.
Fiction book (2000) -
Thornton was a retired stonecutter who had studied art history at one time.
Fiction book (2000) -
I am a stonecutter.
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The king was distraught and called in all of the stonecutters of the kingdom, commanding them to repolish the diamond and restore its beauty.
Academic text (1990) -
At the quarry, each stonecutter worked diligently to prepare the stones for the new building.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who makes statues and other art by shaping stone, metal, or wood
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4.5
A person who cuts materials like stone or cloth
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3.6
A person who builds with stone or brick
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4.6
An artist who cuts and shapes materials like wood and stone to make sculptures
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6.7
A worker who cuts and shapes stone for building and repair
A person who makes art by shaping stone, metal or clay
A person who shapes stone, metal, or clay into statues
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stonecutter is a simple compound made from stone ('rock') and cutter ('one who cuts'). So a stonecutter is literally someone who 'cuts rock' and shapes it for buildings or sculpture.