masonry

English

Etymology

From French maçonnerie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪsənɹi/

Noun

masonry (countable and uncountable, plural masonries)

1. The art or occupation of a mason.

   He studied masonry for five years.

2. The work or performance of a mason

   The masonry was exquisite.

3. 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.
   • 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 masonry was cracked.

4. The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; Freemasonry.

Synonyms

• stonecraft

Translations

art or occupation of a mason

• Basque: igeltserotza (eu)
• Czech: zednictví n
• Finnish: muurarius
• French: maçonnerie (fr) f
• Gujarati: કડિયાકામ (kaḍiyākām)
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• Hungarian: kőművesség
• Japanese: 石工職人, 石造技術
• Norman: machon'nie f
• Spanish: albañilería (es) f

work or performance of a mason

• Finnish: muuraus (fi), kivityö (fi)
• Gujarati: કડિયાકામ (kaḍiyākām)
• Hungarian: kőművesmunka, falazás (hu), vakolás
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• Japanese: 石匠
• Norman: machon'nie f
• Spanish: mampostería (es) f

that which is built by a mason

• Catalan: maçoneria f
• Finnish: kivityö (fi)
• French: maçonnerie (fr)
• Greek: λιθοδομή (el) f (lithodomí)
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• Hungarian: kőművesmunka, falazat (hu), falazás (hu), fal (hu), építmény (hu), vakolat (hu)
• Japanese: 石造建築物
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: murverk n

  Nynorsk: murverk n

Freemasonry — see also Freemasonry

• Finnish: vapaamuurarius
• French: maçonnerie (fr) f
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• Greek: ελευθεροτεκτονισμός (el) m (eleftherotektonismós)
• Hungarian: szabadkőművesség (hu)
• Japanese: フリーメイソン

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Translations to be checked

• Chinese: ^{(please verify)} 石工技藝／石工技艺
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Anagrams

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