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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The farmland was established in 1891 by Swiss stonecutter George Blum, and stayed in his family for five generations until 2018.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
“How many kids staring at their iPads are even aware that they can grow up to be a stonecutter, a traditional carpenter, a mason?”
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 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
“I know this because that stonecutter was my ancestor! He passed his skill down from generation to generation to…” The man broke off and looked closely at Amah.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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