Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The trade of a mason.
- n. Work done by a mason.
- n. Stonework or brickwork.
- n. Freemasonry.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The art or occupation of a mason; the art of shaping, arranging, and uniting stones or bricks to form walls and other parts of buildings; the skill of a mason. The chief kinds of masonry employed at the present day may be classed as rubble-work, coursed masonry, and ashler. See these words.
- n. The work produced by a mason; mason-work; specifically, a construction of dressed or fitted stones and mortar, as distinguished from brickwork or brick-masonry.
- n. The craft or mysteries of freemasons; the principles and practices of freemasons.
- Consisting of masonwork; formed or built of dressed or fitted stones and mortar: as, a masonry fort.
Wiktionary
- n. The art or occupation of a mason.
- n. The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad masonry; skillful masonry.
- n. That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.
- n. The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; Freemasonry.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The art or occupation of a mason.
- n. The work or performance of a mason
- n. That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.
- n. The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; freemasonry.
WordNet 3.0
- n. structure built of stone or brick by a mason
- n. the craft of a mason
- n. Freemasons collectively
Etymologies
- From French maçonnerie. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The definition of compressed earth block masonry is specified by the standard «ARS 673: 1996 - Compressed earth blocks - Standard for definition, classification and designation of compressed earth block masonry».”
“The term masonry work covers all types of structures made from stone-Masonry work is used in soil conservation projects for the construction of gully or ravine erosion protection work when the necessary materials are found in adequate quantity close to the site.”
“He searched the term masonry construction Seattle in order to find an expert to repair his chimney.”
“In countries that are seismically stable, plain unreinforced masonry is used.”
“The other slides in the yellow plastic Kodak box are of the last piece of masonry from the last church to fall into the sea from the clifftops.”
“As the knocks and scrapes of time remove bits of masonry from the facades of buildings, reducing crisp details to a blur, painters add layer on layer to the wood and metalwork, reducing crisp details to a blur.”
“As tension is relieved in masonry materials, cracks are formed.”
“Adults were trained to practice agriculture and trades, learning European methods in masonry, carpentry, iron work, weaving, dying, and ceramics.”
“I have never seen anything weirder than a moonlight night in one of these strong places whose masonry is perfect as when first built, the snowy light pouring on the jet-black basalt and the breeze sighing and the jackal wailing in the desert around.”
“Concrete chunks and broken brick and masonry is okay up to a point.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘masonry’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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cool words
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axiom, axle, masonry, ballistic, infused, vibrancy, twist, twisted, aspect, karmafective, electricity, a lot and 7 more...
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big book gre
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TUH
This is a list of words inspired by Edward Gorey, or a rainy day, or tea in an overgrown garden with topiary shrubs and a sinister fountain. Feel free to contribute.
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wreckingball's Words
reprehensible, problematize, crepuscular, deleterious, pestilent, strumpet, draggletail, interrobang, meretricious, systematize, schadenfreude, capricious and 443 more...
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nail01
sentimental, eloquent, inevitable, pretentious, verbose, aptly, stoically, grandiloquent, valedictory, assiduous, exorbitant, wreaked and 154 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, M
metamerism, malady, margin, marauder, maverick, mercury, mirth, mandible, macerate, meteor, manumission, mica and 292 more...
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The Golem's Eye
Words and phrases from Jonathan Stroud's book, The Golem's Eye.
ordure, widdershins, cop, stipple, ostler, struts, minaret, chemise, remonstrate, concussion, wicket, vamoose and 249 more...
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MsHalston's Words
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Next!
salvific, redemptive, salvic, roil, changeling, barrow, burro, sow, swath, haymow, shock, sheaves and 190 more...
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harry p
travesty, twilit, amort, fussy, sentinel, balustrade, lumbago, trice, gable, unwonted, impunity, perfunctory and 104 more...
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gorgonglare's list
the best
zeppelin, ion, laconic, serendipity, cataract, saturnine, syzygy, cinnabar, bistro, lithium, paroxysm, scion and 694 more...
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Into the Wild
List of vocabulary words built while reading Into the Wild for summer reading.
7/10escarpment, amalgam, muskeg, derelict, cordillera, anomaly, posit, convivial, mien, inimical, credo, portage and 40 more...
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pocketful of -ry
I'm curious about collectives formed with the suffix -ry. This list does not include words that primarily refer to a condition or relationship (rivalry is not a group of rivals) or to a practice or...
jewelry, circuitry, citizenry, jewry, masonry, freemasonry, peasantry, hobbitry, gannetry, mavenry, studentry, cousinry and 3 more...
Tweets
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