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stonework

[stohn-wurk]
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noun
  1. any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.
  2. the techniques, processes, work, or art of dressing, setting, or designing in stone.
  3. Usually stoneworks. (usually used with a singular verb) a place where stone is dressed, as for building.
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Origin of stonework

before 1000; Middle English stoonwerk, Old English stānweorc. See stone, work
Related formsstone·work·er, noun
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Related Words for stonework

metal, crystal, grain, rock, gravel, gem, mineral, pebble, jewel, masonry, ore, boulder, crag, stonework, trade, brickwork, ashlar

Examples from the Web for stonework

Historical Examples of stonework

  • A piece of stonework that sneezes is far too like a man to be trusted.

    The Daltons, Volume II (of II)

    Charles James Lever

  • A river cairn is a solid pile of stonework, with, perhaps, a pole in the centre.

  • In the corner of the cell there was a board let into the stonework.

  • Here there is great height, the arches are pointed, the stonework light.

    Chelsea

    G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton

  • The stonework is of soft grey, and the roof chiefly of well-coloured tiles.

    The Dukeries

    R. Murray Gilchrist

British Dictionary definitions for stonework

stonework

noun
  1. any structure or part of a building made of stone
  2. the process of dressing or setting stones
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Derived Formsstoneworker, noun
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