stonemason

[ stohn-mey-suhn ]

noun

1. a person who builds with or dresses stone.

stonemason

/ ˈstəʊnˌmeɪsən /

noun

1. a person who is skilled in preparing stone for building

Derived Forms

• ˈstoneˌmasonry, noun

Other Words From

• stonemason·ry noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stonemason¹

First recorded in 1750–60; stone + mason

Example Sentences

Its most famous ghost is Michael, a 17-year-old stonemason who, according to the lore, fell to his death in 1886 while trying to wave to a girl.

From Washington Post

Stonemason engineers began inspecting each stone of the complex to ensure that the foundation was still intact.

From The Daily Beast

And now and then a human foible might be recorded by the stonemason without risk of undermining society's foundations.

From Project Gutenberg

Not if you was to come and bring a whole stonemason's yard of sculptures along with you, you wouldn't!

From Project Gutenberg

There she found the stonemason's widow, emaciated and haggard, with matted hair, evidently dying.

From Project Gutenberg

Hoole, the stonemason, was not rude, but he was as firm as Tait & Taplin in his refusal.

From Project Gutenberg

And do you know of any builder or stonemason in the neighbourhood with whom you have not discussed me?

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