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stone⋅work

  [stohn-wurk]
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–noun
1. any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.
2. the techniques, processes, work, or art of dressing, setting, or designing in stone.
3. Usually, stoneworks. (usually used with a singular verb) a place where stone is dressed, as for building.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME stoonwerk, OE stānweorc. See stone, work

Related forms:
stoneworker, noun
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stone·work   (stōn'wûrk')   
n.  

  1. The technique or process of working in stone.

  2. Work made of stone; stonemasonry.

stone'work'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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