Mason

Noun

 * 1) One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes.
 * 2) A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.

Verb

 * 1)  To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.

Verbs for Mason
employ—; hire—; —achieves; —blocks; — carves; —chips; —chisels; —constructs; — drills; —erects; —fabricates; —forges; — frames; —heaves; —hews; —lugs; — models; —molds; —rears; —shoulders; — sunders.

Thesaurus
carver, chaser, clay modeler, earth artist, figurer, figuriste, gem carver, graver, modeler, molder, monumental mason, sculptor, sculptress, sculpturer, statuary, stonecutter, wax modeler, wood carver

Etymology
From masoun:, machun:, from  machun:, masson:, from Old Low  *undefined:, from  (compare German obsolete Metz:, SteinSteinmetze:), from  (compare Old High German meizan:, East Frisian matje:, Old Norse meita:), from  (compare Old Lithuanian apapmaitinti:, Latvian maitat:), enlargement of. More at,.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * Armenian: քարտաշ (k'artaš)
 * Basque: igeltsero
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: metselaar, metser
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek: κτίστης, λιθοδόμος
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, масон
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: зидар
 * Roman: zidar
 * Spanish:

Derived terms

 * mason bee
 * mason wasp
 * masonry
 * mason moth
 * mason shell

Verb

 * Finnish:

Anagrams

 * moans
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