stonecutter

noun

stone·​cut·​ter ˈstōn-ˌkə-tər How to pronounce stonecutter (audio)
1
: one that cuts, carves, or dresses stone
2
: a machine for dressing stone
stonecutting noun

Examples of stonecutter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Gill was a stonecutter and engraver, and the original letterforms were carved in stone, not drawn or inked. Eviana Hartman, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024 Among them was Anthony White, a Queensland stonecutter whose illness and death at age 36 were widely covered there. Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023 The deadly toll of dust on miners and stonecutters was detailed by European scholars in the 1500s and 1700s. Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023 Emery Heights Community Center — A master stonecutter who cut and laid the cornerstone of the Washington Monument, Matthew Gault Emery* served as mayor of Washington from 1870-71. Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2020 According to his son, family lore had it that Evans was an Anglicized version of Eban, the Hebrew word for stonecutter. New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022 Born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Italian immigrant parents, who moved to the predominantly Protestant South as his father sought work as a stonecutter and granite quarry worker. Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2021 The son of an immigrant Italian stonecutter, Joseph Bernardin grew up in the South and described himself as twice an outsider because of his heritage and religion. Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2021 San Marino has been a political anomaly, its identity built on standing apart, ever since its founding, according to tradition, in 301 by its namesake, St. Marinus, a stonecutter who settled amid the craggy caves of Monte Titano in the Apennines. New York Times, 2 Apr. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of stonecutter was in 1540

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“Stonecutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stonecutter. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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stonecutter

noun
stone·​cut·​ter -ˌkət-ər How to pronounce stonecutter (audio)
1
: a person who cuts, carves, or puts a finish on stone
2
: a machine for putting a finish on stone
stonecutting noun

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