stonemason
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈstoʊnˌmeɪsən/
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cantero
- After years of training, she became a stonemason and now builds stunning stone walls for gardens.
- operative stonemasons
Examples
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William Turner was a stonemason from South Wingfield, where he lived with his elderly parents.
Academic text (2010) -
But it was here in 1817, among the farmyards, quarries, and fields, that a small group of stonemasons, laborers, ironworkers, and framework-knitters decided to make a stand against a system they felt was unjust.
Academic text (2010) -
Well, me dad was a stonemason.
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Your father was a stonemason.
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I am a stonemason.
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Also in attendance were two stonemasons and two carpenters, who were to see to the practical matters at hand.
Fiction book (2002) -
The son of a stonemason and a warehouse worker from a small town in Illinois, Frescas had excelled in high school.
Academic text (2006) -
Hiram, king of Tyre, sent cedar trees, carpenters, and stonemasons to build a house for David.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the southern part of the city, stonemasons proudly hew Buddha figures from alabaster and marble.
Academic text (2005) -
For example, the ancient Mesoamericans were accomplished stonemasons who cut, fitted, and mortared stones for buildings, but they never applied the technology to irrigation dams.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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4.1
A skilled worker who makes things by hand
39
2.8
A person who makes useful or beautiful things by hand and is very skilled
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3.6
A person who builds with stone or brick
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6.5
A person who cuts and shapes stone for buildings or sculpture
How Skilled
2
6.7
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stonemason comes from two simple parts: stone ('rock') and mason ('a skilled builder'). So a stonemason is literally a worker who shapes and builds with stone, which is exactly what the job means today.