noun
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a person who is skilled in cutting and carving stone
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a machine used to dress stone
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stonecutter
Example Sentences
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A Los Angeles County jury found businesses that make or distribute engineered stone at fault Wednesday for the suffering of a 34-year-old stonecutter afflicted with an incurable disease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
A stonecutter by trade, Socrates publicly questioned sophists and politicians about good and evil, right and wrong.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
It goes back to a story Homa shared on a “No Laying Up” podcast four years ago about a stonecutter who hammers away on a huge boulder and shatters it with the 101st strike.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
“Every now and again, I’ll ask the stonecutter to carve in a new detail,” Mrs. Davis told The Post in 1995.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2018
Immediately he called in the most skilled stonecutter in the village.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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