STONEMASON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stonemason mean? 

• STONEMASON (noun)
  The noun STONEMASON has 1 sense:

1. a craftsman who works with stone or brick

  Familiarity information: STONEMASON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STONEMASON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A craftsman who works with stone or brick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mason; stonemason

Hypernyms ("stonemason" is a kind of...):

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

 Context examples 

You remember that a stonemason, named Slater, walking from Forest Row about one o’clock in the morning—two days before the murder—stopped as he passed the grounds and looked at the square of light still shining among the trees.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)