"stonework" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stoneworks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English stonewerk, stonwerk, ston-werke, stoonwerk, from Old English stānweorc; equivalent to stone + -work. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stonewerk}} Middle English stonewerk, {{m|enm|stonwerk}} stonwerk, {{m|enm|ston-werke}} ston-werke, {{m|enm|stoonwerk}} stoonwerk, {{inh|en|ang|stānweorc}} Old English stānweorc, {{suffix|en|stone|work}} stone + -work Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stonework (countable and uncountable, plural stoneworks)
  1. Constructions made of stone. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Masonry Synonyms: masonry Translations (constructions made of stone): каменна зидария (kamenna zidarija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), steinarbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), steinarbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-stonework-en-noun-Ksm6FOx8 Disambiguation of Masonry: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -work Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -work: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'constructions made of stone': 88 12
  2. (uncountable) The skill of constructing with stone. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Masonry Synonyms: masonry, stonecraft
    Sense id: en-stonework-en-noun-GQLtYjPC Disambiguation of Masonry: 46 54 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -work Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -work: 51 49

Inflected forms

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