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
- stonecutting noun
Etymology
Origin of stonecutter
Example Sentences
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Among them was Anthony White, a Queensland stonecutter whose illness and death at age 36 were widely covered there.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2023
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
Pinmei looked down from the painting and saw the eyes of Yanna and the stonecutter, Sifen, and even Amah watching her eagerly.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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