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mason

nounverbcommon in dialogue

  • //ˈmeɪsən//

A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.

noun

  1. 1

    A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.

  2. 2

    One who prepares stone for building purposes.

  3. 3

    A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.

Etymology

From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”).

verb

  1. 1

    To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons

    to mason up a well or terrace

    to mason in a kettle or boiler

Forms

plural
masons
past tense
masoned
past participle
masoned
present participle
masoning
third person singular
masons
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