stonework

[ stohn-wurk ]

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.

stonework

/ ˈstəʊnˌwɜːk /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• ˈstoneˌworker, noun

Other Words From

• stoneworker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stonework¹

before 1000; Middle English stoonwerk, Old English stānweorc. See stone, work

Example Sentences

It is a common practice in erecting buildings with a facing of Kentish rag rubble to back up the stonework with bricks.

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The name "brick-ashlar" is given to walls faced with ashlar stonework backed in with brickwork.

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In one place part of the stonework of the graves stretches out over the sandy pathway far below.

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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.

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The stonework is now of a greenish-grey tone, but in the shadows there is generally a look of blue.

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