stonecutter
noun
a person who cuts or carves stone.
stonecutting
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a word derived from
stonecutter.
Example Sentences
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State officials warned that if trends don’t change, as many as a fifth of the roughly 5,000 workers in stonecutting shops identified across California could develop silicosis and up to 200 could die of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
Another statue — of the poet Robert Burns, next to the Vermont History Center — was erected by the 19th-century Scottish masons who brought their stonecutting skills to Barre.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2022
“Ultimately, the downfall of the Freemasons was giving away their stonecutting services for nothing,” tweeted Musk.
From The Verge ● May 4, 2022
It looked equally like an immaculate walkway that had been there forever, and like something plopped down by aliens who were skilled in stonecutting and possessed a feel for the soul of the A.T.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2010
There was nothing whatever to do but go to the stonecutting shop next morning, and Ranofer went.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
