Mason
noun
A person who makes or works with stone or brick.
The mason carefully laid each brick to build the wall.
Often appears as...
- stone mason
- brick mason
noun
A member of the Free Masons, a worldwide fraternal organization.
Mr. Johnson is a member of the local Masonic lodge because he is a Mason.
Often appears as...
- freemason
- masonic lodge
noun
A person who makes or works with stone or brick.
The mason carefully laid each brick to build the wall.
Often appears as...
- stone mason
- brick mason
noun
A member of the Free Masons, a worldwide fraternal organization.
Mr. Johnson is a member of the local Masonic lodge because he is a Mason.
Often appears as...
- freemason
- masonic lodge
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Occupation Context
Used to describe a person's job in construction, especially when involving stones or bricks.
She hired a mason to construct her fireplace.
Pro Tip 2/3Tools and Materials
A mason often uses specific tools like trowels and works with materials like mortar.
The mason prepared his trowel and mortar to start work.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialty Mention
Refer to 'stone mason' or 'brick mason' to specify the material they specialize in.
The stone mason carved the sculpture perfectly.
Pro Tip 1/3Occupation Context
Used to describe a person's job in construction, especially when involving stones or bricks.
She hired a mason to construct her fireplace.
Pro Tip 2/3Tools and Materials
A mason often uses specific tools like trowels and works with materials like mortar.
The mason prepared his trowel and mortar to start work.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialty Mention
Refer to 'stone mason' or 'brick mason' to specify the material they specialize in.
The stone mason carved the sculpture perfectly.
Pro Tip 1/3Occupation Context
Used to describe a person's job in construction, especially when involving stones or bricks.
She hired a mason to construct her fireplace.
Pro Tip 2/3Tools and Materials
A mason often uses specific tools like trowels and works with materials like mortar.
The mason prepared his trowel and mortar to start work.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialty Mention
Refer to 'stone mason' or 'brick mason' to specify the material they specialize in.
The stone mason carved the sculpture perfectly.
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Video examples
How to build safer...
for 50 years building houses he's the brick mason so I learned the bricklaying trade from my dad and one of the first things he taught me was you can't lay bricks with gloves on yeah you have to feel the brick you have to feel the wall you have to feel the mortar that sticks
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Fossil Found in Kitchen...
colorful Brandon are imported from across the world here they are cut into slabs destined for a high-end kitchen and bathroom countertops not too long ago the mason sliced a massive block of Egyptian limestone that's like a loaf of bread but the slabs couldn't be used for
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The myth of Loki and the...
and at nightfall he set off towards the mountains to obtain the building stones. But it was only the next morning, when they saw him returning, that the gods began to worry. As agreed, no other people were helping the mason.
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12 truths I learned from...
So go outside a lot and look up. My pastor said you can trap bees on the bottom of mason jars without lids because they don't look up, so they just walk around bitterly bumping into the glass walls. Go outside. Look up.
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What if Women Built the...
A new wave of tradeswomen -- carpenters, welders, electricians and masons -- are rising through the ranks, armed with their power tools, creative thinking and new ideas about who can and should get to build our world.
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The fight against sex...
hijabs inside themselves; they've crossed the barrier of it. And therefore they could fight in a male-dominated world, very easily, and not feel very shy about it. We have trained girls as carpenters, as masons,
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How to master your sense...
and in her words, distinguish the carpenter from the iron worker, the artist from the mason or the chemist, by a simple inhale. Follow these steps and you too can change the way the world smells to you.
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Peter Haas: Haiti's...
will be safe. To make sure these buildings are safe, it's not going to take policy -- it's going to take reaching out to the masons on the ground and helping them learn the proper techniques.
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Let's make history…by...
we know there's an architect, but who hung the iron? Who were the brick masons? Who swept the floor? Who kept the trains going? We shall begin celebrating the lives of the uncelebrated."
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Fascinating Termite...
lives the queen she produces a thousand eggs a day to provide fresh recruits for the teams of gardeners and masons and the ranks of the army
Video examples
How to build safer...
for 50 years building houses he's the brick mason so I learned the bricklaying trade from my dad and one of the first things he taught me was you can't lay bricks with gloves on yeah you have to feel the brick you have to feel the wall you have to feel the mortar that sticks
Video examples
Fossil Found in Kitchen...
colorful Brandon are imported from across the world here they are cut into slabs destined for a high-end kitchen and bathroom countertops not too long ago the mason sliced a massive block of Egyptian limestone that's like a loaf of bread but the slabs couldn't be used for
Video examples
The myth of Loki and the...
and at nightfall he set off towards the mountains to obtain the building stones. But it was only the next morning, when they saw him returning, that the gods began to worry. As agreed, no other people were helping the mason.
Video examples
12 truths I learned from...
So go outside a lot and look up. My pastor said you can trap bees on the bottom of mason jars without lids because they don't look up, so they just walk around bitterly bumping into the glass walls. Go outside. Look up.
Video examples
What if Women Built the...
A new wave of tradeswomen -- carpenters, welders, electricians and masons -- are rising through the ranks, armed with their power tools, creative thinking and new ideas about who can and should get to build our world.
Video examples
The fight against sex...
hijabs inside themselves; they've crossed the barrier of it. And therefore they could fight in a male-dominated world, very easily, and not feel very shy about it. We have trained girls as carpenters, as masons,
Video examples
How to master your sense...
and in her words, distinguish the carpenter from the iron worker, the artist from the mason or the chemist, by a simple inhale. Follow these steps and you too can change the way the world smells to you.
Video examples
Peter Haas: Haiti's...
will be safe. To make sure these buildings are safe, it's not going to take policy -- it's going to take reaching out to the masons on the ground and helping them learn the proper techniques.
Video examples
Let's make history…by...
we know there's an architect, but who hung the iron? Who were the brick masons? Who swept the floor? Who kept the trains going? We shall begin celebrating the lives of the uncelebrated."
Video examples
Fascinating Termite...
lives the queen she produces a thousand eggs a day to provide fresh recruits for the teams of gardeners and masons and the ranks of the army
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Michel Onfray
French Philosopher
Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in ancient Greece, carpenters, masons and beggars were the main practitioners. What I am trying to develop is a philosophical system where all the subjects can be taught.
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Haile Selassie
Ethiopian Statesman
We have before us the examples of the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. We must remember how long these required to achieve their union. When a solid foundation is laid, if the mason is able and his materials good, a strong house can be built.
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Martin Filler
American Critic
Before the professionalization of architecture in the nineteenth century, it was standard for an aspiring mason or carpenter to begin his apprenticeship at fourteen and to become a master builder by his early twenties.
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Mario Botta
Swiss Architect
The Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio comes from afar. Our land has a millennial history of emigrations: master masons, architects, builders, decorators, plasterers, artists from the world of building.
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Joe Thomas
English Actor
If I was a stone mason or if I was a painter or building bridges or whatever, there's going to be some wear and tear on your body and your brain. And that's just the way it is.
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Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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Wyclef Jean
American Musician
My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies.
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
No one joins the masons for the handshakes. It must be for the benefits it can bring.
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John Malkovich
American Actor
You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.
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Big Smo
American Musician
My playground is full of moonshine, mason jars, beer bottles, and bonfires.
Quote examples
Michel Onfray
French Philosopher
Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in ancient Greece, carpenters, masons and beggars were the main practitioners. What I am trying to develop is a philosophical system where all the subjects can be taught.
Quote examples
Haile Selassie
Ethiopian Statesman
We have before us the examples of the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. We must remember how long these required to achieve their union. When a solid foundation is laid, if the mason is able and his materials good, a strong house can be built.
Quote examples
Martin Filler
American Critic
Before the professionalization of architecture in the nineteenth century, it was standard for an aspiring mason or carpenter to begin his apprenticeship at fourteen and to become a master builder by his early twenties.
Quote examples
Mario Botta
Swiss Architect
The Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio comes from afar. Our land has a millennial history of emigrations: master masons, architects, builders, decorators, plasterers, artists from the world of building.
Quote examples
Joe Thomas
English Actor
If I was a stone mason or if I was a painter or building bridges or whatever, there's going to be some wear and tear on your body and your brain. And that's just the way it is.
Quote examples
Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
Quote examples
Wyclef Jean
American Musician
My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies.
Quote examples
Dawn Foster
British Journalist
No one joins the masons for the handshakes. It must be for the benefits it can bring.
Quote examples
John Malkovich
American Actor
You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.
Quote examples
Big Smo
American Musician
My playground is full of moonshine, mason jars, beer bottles, and bonfires.
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