stonework

[ stohn-wurk ]

/ ˈstoʊnˌwɜrk /

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noun

any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.

the techniques, processes, work, or art of dressing, setting, or designing in stone.

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

OTHER WORDS FROM stonework

stoneworker, noun

Words nearby stonework

Stonewall Riot, Stone walls do not a prison make, stoneware, stonewash, stonewashed, stonework, stonewort, stoney, Stoney Creek, Stonington, stonk

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How to use stonework in a sentence

It is a common practice in erecting buildings with a facing of Kentish rag rubble to back up the stonework with bricks.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
The name "brick-ashlar" is given to walls faced with ashlar stonework backed in with brickwork.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
In one place part of the stonework of the graves stretches out over the sandy pathway far below.
Dracula|Bram Stoker
At the foot of these trees water, blue as indigo on wash day, lashed itself into a white fury against the stonework of the pier.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines|Florence Kimball Russel

The stonework is now of a greenish-grey tone, but in the shadows there is generally a look of blue.
Yorkshire Painted And Described|Gordon Home

British Dictionary definitions for stonework

stonework

/ (ˈstəʊnˌwɜːk) /

noun

any structure or part of a building made of stone

the process of dressing or setting stones

Derived forms of stonework

stoneworker, noun

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