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
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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
His father, John, was a renowned stonecutter who owned the John Stevens Shop, which opened in 1705.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2017
The guard took a scroll of paper from his waistband and tossed it to the stonecutter.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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