masonry
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English
Etymology
From Middle English masonry, masonrie, partly from Old French maçonerie and partly from mason + -ry.
Pronunciation
Noun
masonry (countable and uncountable, plural masonries)
- The art or occupation of a mason.
- He studied masonry for five years.
- The work or performance of a mason
- The masonry was exquisite.
- 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.
- The masonry was cracked.
- 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 56:
- Many houses built between the Civil War and 1940 have masonry walls, usually of brick, with the inside surfaces covered by a layer of plaster.
- The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; Freemasonry.
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Translations
art or occupation of a mason
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work or performance of a mason
that which is built by a mason
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Freemasonry — see also Freemasonry
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