masonry

English

Etymology

From Middle English masonry, masonrie, partly from Old French maçonerie and partly from mason +‎ -ry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪsənɹi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

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

Synonyms

stonecraft

Translations

art or occupation of a mason

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: igeltserotza (eu)
Belarusian: каме́нная кла́дка f (kamjénnaja kládka)
Bulgarian: зидарство n (zidarstvo)
Catalan: maçoneria (ca) f
Czech: zednictví n
Finnish: muurarius
French: maçonnerie (fr) f
German: Maurerhandwerk n
Gujarati: કડિયાકામ (kaḍiyākām)
Hindi: राजगीरी (hi) m (rājgīrī)
Hungarian: kőművesség
Italian: muratura (it) f
Japanese: 石工職人, 石造技術
Norman: machon'nie f
Occitan: maçonariá (oc) f
Portuguese: alvenaria (pt) f
Russian: ка́менная кла́дка f (kámennaja kládka)
Slovak: murárstvo n, murárčina f
Spanish: albañilería (es) f
Ukrainian: кам'яна́ кла́дка f (kamʺjaná kládka)

work or performance of a mason

Bulgarian: зидария f (zidarija)
Finnish: muuraus (fi), kivityö (fi), muuraustyö
German: Mauern (de) n
Gujarati: કડિયાકામ (kaḍiyākām)
Hungarian: kőművesmunka, falazás (hu), vakolás
Japanese: 石匠 (ja)
Norman: machon'nie f
Slovak: murovanie n, murárčina f
Spanish: mampostería (es) f

that which is built by a mason

Catalan: maçoneria (ca) f
Finnish: kivityö (fi)
French: maçonnerie (fr)
German: Mauerwerk (de) n, Gemäuer (de) n
Greek: λιθοδομή (el) f (lithodomí)
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
Portuguese: alvenaria (pt) f
Slovak: murárske dielo n, murárčina f

Freemasonry — See also translations at Freemasonry

Bulgarian: масонство n (masonstvo)
Finnish: vapaamuurarius
French: maçonnerie (fr) f
Greek: ελευθεροτεκτονισμός (el) m (eleftherotektonismós)
Hungarian: szabadkőművesség (hu)
Japanese: フリーメイソン
Portuguese: maçonaria (pt) f
Slovak: slobodomurárstvo n

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Translations to be checked

Chinese: ^{(please verify)} 石工技藝

Anagrams

Maynors