stonecutting
- noun
- /ˈstoʊnˌkʌtɪŋ/
- Specialized
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talla de piedra
- During her apprenticeship, she learned the fundamentals of stonecutting under a master craftsman.
Examples
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An architectural vision, arising outside of the stonecutting process, is required.
Academic text (1993) -
A lot of people do this because the cost of stonecutting is always going up.
Fiction book (1994) -
The stonecutting was done from the top downward.
Academic text (2000) -
Ostensibly to instruct them in stonecutting but actually, in self-defense: I taught the young men to shoot a revolver.
Fiction book (1993) -
Two rows of hollows along the two sides of the facade were probably meant to support the scaffolding, which was built to help with the stonecutting.
Academic text (2000) -
The artist specializes in stonecutting, creating intricate designs for sculptures.
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The craft of stonecutting requires skill and precision to shape the material for building projects.
Synonyms
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2.7
An act of cutting wood, stone and ice to make a shape or the thing made
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4.2
The parts of a building made of stone or the skill of building with stone
Work of shaping and joining stone to make buildings and parts like arches
How Refined
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Etymology
Stonecutting joins the simple words stone ('rock') and cut ('to cut'), so it literally means cutting rock. It names the craft of shaping stone for buildings, art, or jewelry, so think of someone using tools to turn a block of rock into a finished piece.